Book Awards & Distinctions
for Matt Phelan
46 Total Book Awards
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
Snow White: A Graphic Novel (6)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2016

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2017
Around the World: Three Remarkable Journeys (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2012

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
The Storm in the Barn (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2010

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2009

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 2010
Xander's Panda Party (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
The Higher Power of Lucky (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2007

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 2007
Knights vs. Dinosaurs (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2019
The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2023

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2022
A Snow Day for Plum! (2)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Finalist, 2024

Sid Fleischman Humor Award, 2004-2025
Finalist, 2024
Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook (2)
A Box Full of Kittens (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Flora's Very Windy Day (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Knights vs. Monsters (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2020
Leave It to Plum! (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2022
Lucky Breaks (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Marilyn's Monster (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015
Plum to the Rescue! (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2024
Trouble Finds Plum! (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2024
Turtle Walk (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Where I Live (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020