Book Awards & Distinctions
for Ed Young
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 56 Total Book Awards
The House Baba Built: An Artist's Childhood in China (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2011
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
Bird & Diz (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Nighttime Ninja (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2012
Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2013
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2012
Wabi Sabi (4)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2008
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2009
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (3)
Seven Blind Mice (3)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1992
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1993
Shanghai Messenger (3)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2006
The Cat from Hunger Mountain (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Character Building Selection, 2017
Cats are Cats: Poems (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1988
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
The Double Life of Pocahontas (2)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1984
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1983
The Hunter (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry) (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Arts Selection, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2020
Tsunami! (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2010
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (2)
Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China (1)
Dreamcatcher (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
The Emperor and the Kite (1)
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1968
Foolish Rabbit's Big Mistake (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1985
Mice Are Nice (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1)
Sadako (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
A Strange Place to Call Home: The World's Most Dangerous Habitats & the Animals That Call Them Home (1)
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2012
Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay: The Boy Whose Dream Was Everest (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
What About Me? (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (1)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Winner, 1933