Book Awards & Distinctions
for Steve Johnson
23 Total Book Awards
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Arts Selection, 2017
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2017
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2017
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2017
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2016
Dolley Madison (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
The Range Eternal (2)
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
With My Hands: Poems about Making Things (2)
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2019
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe (1)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2013
The Boy on Fairfield Street (1)
The Cheese (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
The Frog Prince, Continued (1)
Listen to the Silent Night (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Silver Seeds: A Book of Nature Poems (1)
Sunday Is for God (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Up North at the Cabin (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
You're a Bear (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004