Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kyo Maclear
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 36 Total Book Awards
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Women's History Selection, 2020

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2020

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2021

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2005-2024
English Finalist, 2020
Noodles on a Bicycle (8)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2024

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2025

Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2024
Children's Commended, 2024

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024

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

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2025
The Big Bath House (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Governor General's Awards for Young People’s Literature, 2000-2024
Illustrator Finalist, 2022

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2021

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2022
Virginia Wolf (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Governor General's Awards for Young People’s Literature, 2000-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2012

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades K-2 Selection, 2013
Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli (2)
Operatic (2)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2019
The Good Little Book (1)
Kumo: The Bashful Cloud (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2023
The Liszts (1)

Joan Betty Stuchner Award, 2017-2025
Finalist, 2017
Story Boat (1)

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades K-2 Selection, 2021
There's a Ghost in the Garden (1)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2024
The Wish Tree (1)

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2017