Book Awards & Distinctions
for Catherine Thimmesh
21 Total Book Awards
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2007
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Honor, 2007
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2007
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2026
Honor, 2007
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2007
Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like? (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2013
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2026
Commended, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2013
Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2018
Lucy Long Ago: Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came from (2)
Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg: A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2025


