Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kathi Appelt
24 Total Book Awards
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
The Underneath (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2009
Keeper (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2011
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2010
Counting Crows (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
Maybe a Fox (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2016
When Otis Courted Mama (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2016
Bubba and Beau Go Night-Night (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Bubba and Beau, Best Friends (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Max Attacks (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2017
