Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kate Messner
77 Total Book Awards
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2019

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2019

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

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2019

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2019

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2019
Once Upon a Book (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2024

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2023

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

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2024

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024
Over and Under the Snow (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

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

Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2012
Over and Under the Pond (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2018

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2018
Breakout (3)

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
Plagues and Pandemics (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2022

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

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2022
Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2022
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt (3)
Chirp (2)
Christopher Columbus and the Taino People (2)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2024
The Exact Location of Home (2)

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

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2018
The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America's Presidents (2)

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World's Great Scientists (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Instructional Nonfiction Selection, 2024

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Selection, 2025
Over and Under the Canyon (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2022
Rolling Thunder (2)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2018

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2018
Salem Witch Trials (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2024

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
Tree of Wonder: The Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2015
The Underground Railroad (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2023
The American Revolution (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021
Capture the Flag (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2012
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor (1)
Emma McKenna, Full Out (1)

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
Fergus and Zeke (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2017
Fergus and Zeke and the 100th Day of School (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2022
Fergus and Zeke and the Field Day Challenge (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2020
Fergus and Zeke and the Great Farm Field Trip (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2024
Fergus and Zeke at the Science Fair (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2019
Hide and Seek (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Mystery / Adventure Selection, 2013
How to Read a Story (1)
Insect Superpowers: 18 Real Bugs That Smash, Zap, Hypnotize, Sting, and Devour! (1)
The Mayflower (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2021
Over and Under the Waves (1)

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2023
Over and Under the Wetland (1)
Pearl Harbor (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021
Rastreando Tortugas: La Misión Para Salvar ll Gigante de Las Galápagos (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2021
The Seventh Wish (1)
The Titanic (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021
Tracking Pythons: The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem (1)
Wake Up Missing (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
High Interest Selection, 2014