Book Awards & Distinctions
for Jessica Lanan
19 Total Book Awards
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2024
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Finalist, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2023
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2024
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Selection, 2024
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2023
Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Honor, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2019
In the World of Whales (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2025
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2025
The Lost Package (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story (2)
Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth (1)
A Kid of Their Own (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
