Book Awards & Distinctions
for Loren Long
31 Total Book Awards
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem (6)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2022

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

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2022
Someone Builds the Dream (6)

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

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2022

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2022
The Yellow Bus (6)

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

Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Grades K-2 Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2024

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2025
Grades K-2 Selection, 2025

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Grades K-2 Selection, 2025
I Dream of Trains (2)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2004
If I Was the Sunshine (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020
Love (2)

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2019
Amor (1)
Little Tree (1)
Otis (1)
Otis and the Scarecrow (1)
Otis and the Tornado (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2012
There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake (1)
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2005