Book Awards & Distinctions
for Sara Pennypacker
29 Total Book Awards
Pax (7)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

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

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

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016
Clementine (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2007

Sid Fleischman Humor Award, 2004-2025
Winner, 2007

The Josette Frank Award, 1943-2025
Winner, 2007
Pierre in Love (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2008

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Winner, 2008
Summer of the Gypsy Moths (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

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

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2012
Clementine's Letter (2)
Leeva at Last (2)

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
Meet the Dullards (2)

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2015
Pax, Journey Home (2)

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2021
Completely Clementine (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015
Even More Awesome (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2018
The Most Awesome of All (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2020
One Awesome Thing (1)

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