Book Awards & Distinctions
for Barb Rosenstock
48 Total Book Awards
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere (10)

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

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Winner, 2019

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2019

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2019

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2019
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art (6)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

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

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2015

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2015
The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration (5)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2023

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Silver Honor, 2023

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2023

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2023
The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2019
Mornings with Monet (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021
Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention (2)
Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth (2)
The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure (2)

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
Prairie Boy: Frank Lloyd Wright Turns the Heartland Into a Home (2)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2020
The Streak: How Joe Dimaggio Became America's Hero (2)

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2015
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library (2)

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2014
Vincent Can't Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky (2)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2018
The Camping Trip That Changed America (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2012
Fearless: The Story of Racing Legend Louise Smith (1)

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2011
Fight of the Century: Alice Paul Battles Woodrow Wilson for the Vote (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2020
A Sea Without a Shore: Life in the Sargasso (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2024