Book Awards & Distinctions
for Helen Frost
34 Total Book Awards
Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
The Braid (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2007
Crossing Stones (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2009

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2010
Hidden (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2012
Step Gently Out (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2012
All He Knew (2)
Applesauce Weather (2)

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

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2017
Diamond Willow (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Winner, 2009
Hello, I'm Here! (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020
Keesha's House (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2004
When My Sister Started Kissing (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018
Among a Thousand Fireflies (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
The Mighty Pollinators (1)

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
Monarch and Milkweed (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Spinning Through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214 (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Sweep Up the Sun (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016