Book Awards & Distinctions
for Loree Griffin Burns
36 Total Book Awards
Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2015
Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Winner, 2013

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2013

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2013
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2011

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2011
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2008
Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It (4)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2015

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2015
Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2018

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2018

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017
Honeybee Rescue: A Backyard Drama (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2023

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023