Book Awards & Distinctions
for Jane Yolen
3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 51 Total Book Awards
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry (3)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Mapping the Bones (3)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Young Adult Winner, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
World History & Culture Selection, 2019
The Girl Who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales (2)

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 1974

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Winner, 1975
Owl Moon (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Winner, 1988
Stone Angel (2)

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
World History & Culture Selection, 2016
The Stranded Whale (2)

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2023
Winner, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Emergent Selection, 2015
Wee Rhymes: Baby's First Poetry Book (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2014
What to Do with a Box (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Pre-Kindergarten Selection, 2016

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2016
You Nest Here with Me (2)
Animal Stories: Heartwarming True Tales from the Animal Kingdom (1)

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2015
Baby Bear's Chairs (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2006
The Ballad of the Pirate Queens (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 1996
Big Bold Beautiful Me: A Story That's Loud and Proud and Celebrates You! (1)

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023
Selection, 2023
Boots and the Seven Leaguers: A Rock-And-Troll Novel (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2023
Finalist, 2001
Briar Rose (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2023
Winner, 1993
Curses! Foiled Again (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Graphic Novels Selection, 2013
The Devil's Arithmetic (1)
The Emperor and the Kite (1)

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 1968
Foiled (1)
Good Griselle (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2023
Finalist, 1995
Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist (1)
Hobby (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2023
Winner, 1998
The Hostage Prince (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2013
How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets? (1)

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2018
La Aritmética del Diablo (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Spanish Selection, 2021
The Last Changeling (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2015
Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs (1)
Merlin (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2023
Winner, 1998
Miriam at the River (1)

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2023
Honor, 2021
Mrs. Noah's Doves (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Religious Selection, 2022
Passager (1)

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2023
Winner, 1998
The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems (1)
Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
This Little Piggy: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games, and Pantomime Rhymes (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007