Book Awards & Distinctions
for Matt James
25 Total Book Awards
I Know Here (7)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2011

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2010

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades K-2 Selection, 2011
The Funeral (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Honor, 2019

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2006-2024
Finalist, 2019

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2018
When the Moon Comes (4)

Governor General's Awards for Young People’s Literature, 2000-2024
Illustrator Finalist, 2017

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 3-5 Selection, 2018

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2005-2024
English Finalist, 2018
From There to Here (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2006-2024
Finalist, 2015
I Know How to Draw an Owl (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2025
The Stone Thrower (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2016
Tadpoles (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2023
I'm Afraid, Said the Leaf (1)
Northwest Passage (1)

Governor General's Awards for Young People’s Literature, 2000-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2013