Book Awards & Distinctions
for Evan Turk
38 Total Book Awards
The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art (11)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2022

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2021

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Picture Book Finalist, 2021

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2021
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters (7)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2017

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2017

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2018
You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks (6)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2020

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2020
Grandfather Gandhi (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2015

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2015
The Storyteller (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2016
Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story (3)

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Honor, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2017
Color the Sky (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Pre-Kindergarten Selection, 2022