Book Awards & Distinctions
for Paul B. Janeczko
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 41 Total Book Awards
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems (10)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2014
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2015
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2015
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2015
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2005
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2002
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2001
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2002
The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog: And Other How-To Poems (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2019
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020
The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects (3)
Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto (3)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2012
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2012
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2011
Stone Bench in an Empty Park (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2001
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2001
Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Where I Live: Poems about My Home, My Street, and My Town (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
City Selection, 2023
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2024
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories (1)
A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing and Shout (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
The Place My Words Are Looking For: What Poets Say about and Through Their Work (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2019