Book Awards & Distinctions
for Melissa Sweet
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 113 Total Book Awards
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus (15)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2015

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2014

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2015

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2014

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2015
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (12)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2012

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Winner, 2012

Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2025
Younger Readers Winner, 2012

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2012

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2011

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2011

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2012

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2012

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2011
Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White (12)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2016

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2017

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2017

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2017
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems (10)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2014

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2015

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2025
Winner, 2014
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 (8)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2014

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2009

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2008

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2008

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2009

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2009

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2009
How to Read a Book (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Winner, 2020

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
How to Write a Poem (5)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2023

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2023

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2024

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2024

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
Spike, the Mixed-Up Monster (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2013

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2022

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2022
Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

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

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2017
Little Red Writing (3)
Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word (2)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Honor, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2020
Mrs. Harkness and the Panda (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2012
Rubia and the Three Osos (2)
You Nest Here with Me (2)
Baby Bear's Chairs (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2006
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon (1)
Carmine: A Little More Red (1)
Christmas Tree (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs (1)
Hanukkah Lights (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010