Book Awards & Distinctions
for David Small
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 34 Total Book Awards
One Cool Friend (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

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

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2013
The Underneath (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2009
The Gardener (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1998

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1998
The Quiet Place (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2012
So You Want to Be President? (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Winner, 2001
Stitches (3)
Glamourpuss (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2015
Home After Dark (2)

Alex Awards, 1998-2025
Winner, 2019

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2019
The Huckabuck Family: And How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit and Came Back (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Long Road to the Circus (2)

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2022
Once Upon a Banana (2)
The Mouse and His Child (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002