Book Awards & Distinctions
for Jane Yolen
3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 59 Total Book Awards
Body Music: Poems about the Noises Your Body Makes (3)

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2024

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Selection, 2024

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2024
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry (3)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Mapping the Bones (3)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Adult Winner, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2019
The Devil's Arithmetic (2)

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Children's Winner, 1989

Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Honor, 2008
The Girl Who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales (2)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Winner, 1975

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1974
Owl Moon (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Winner, 1988
Stone Angel (2)

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2016
The Stranded Whale (2)

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2015
Wee Rhymes: Baby's First Poetry Book (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2014
What to Do with a Box (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Pre-Kindergarten Selection, 2016

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2016
You Nest Here with Me (2)
Animal Stories: Heartwarming True Tales from the Animal Kingdom (1)

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2015
Baby Bear's Chairs (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2006
The Ballad of the Pirate Queens (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1996
Big Bold Beautiful Me: A Story That's Loud and Proud and Celebrates You! (1)

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Selection, 2023
Boots and the Seven Leaguers: A Rock-And-Troll Novel (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Finalist, 2001
Briar Rose (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Winner, 1993
Curses! Foiled Again (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2013
The Emperor and the Kite (1)

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1968
Foiled (1)
Good Griselle (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Finalist, 1995
Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist (1)
Hobby (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Winner, 1998
The Hostage Prince (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2013
How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets? (1)

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2018
La Aritmética del Diablo (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2021
The Last Changeling (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2015
Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs (1)
The Many Problems of Rochel-Leah (1)

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Picture Book Finalist, 2024
Merlin (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Winner, 1998
Miriam at the River (1)

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Honor, 2021
Mrs. Noah's Doves (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Religious Selection, 2022
Passager (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Winner, 1998
The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Quiet as Mud (1)

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Grades K-2 Selection, 2025
Rebecca's Prayer for President Lincoln (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Religious Selection, 2025
Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems (1)
Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
This Little Piggy: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games, and Pantomime Rhymes (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Thunder Underground (1)
We Celebrate the Light (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Religious Selection, 2024