Book Awards & Distinctions
for Mordicai Gerstein
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 35 Total Book Awards
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2004

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2004

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2003

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2003

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Winner, 2004
What Charlie Heard (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2003

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2002

Phoenix Award, 1986-2026
Picture Book Honor, 2022
The Boy and the Whale (3)

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

Horace Mann Upstanders Children's Book Award, 2008-2025
Author Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2018
I Am Pan (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2016
Dear Hot Dog: Poems about Everyday Stuff (2)
The First Drawing (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2014
Albert and the Angels (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
A Book (1)
The Camping Trip That Changed America (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2012
Carolinda Clatter! (1)
How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers: A Simple But Brilliant Plan in 24 Easy Steps (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013
How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird (1)
Leaving the Nest (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Moose, Goose, and Mouse (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Read Aloud Selection, 2021
The Mountains of Tibet (1)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1987
The Night World (1)

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2015
The Old Country (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Sholom's Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer (1)

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Winner, 2006
The Sleeping Gypsy (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2016
The White Ram: A Story of Abraham and Isaac (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
You Can't Have Too Many Friends! (1)

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