Book Awards & Distinctions
for Peter McCarty
17 Total Book Awards
The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank's Window (5)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2016

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2016

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2017
Hondo and Fabian (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2003

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2002

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Gold Winner, 2002

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2003
Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
Moon Plane (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2007
Henry in Love (1)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2010
Night Driving (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Sons of Liberty (1)
T Is for Terrible (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005