Book Awards & Distinctions
for Donna Jo Napoli
27 Total Book Awards
We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration (4)

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

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2023

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2024

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Selection, 2024
As Night Falls: Creatures That Go Wild After Dark (2)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2023

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Gold Winner, 2023
Fish Girl (2)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2017
The King of Mulberry Street (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Stones in Water (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1998

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Winner, 1998
Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters (2)
Alligator Bayou (1)
Beast (1)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Breath (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Fiction Honor, 2004
Hidden (1)

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2015
Hunger: A Tale of Courage (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2018
In a Flash (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2021
Lights on the Nile (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2012
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya (1)
Storm (1)

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Winner, 2015
Treasury of Bible Stories (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Religious Selection, 2020
Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals (1)

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