Book Awards & Distinctions
for Richard Peck
3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 35 Total Book Awards
The Best Man (7)

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

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2016

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

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

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2016
A Long Way From Chicago (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1999

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 1999
The River Between Us (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2004

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2003

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 2004
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2004
A Year Down Yonder (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 2001
Are You in the House Alone? (2)

Edgars Award, 1961-2025
Winner, 1977
Fair Weather (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Father Figure (1)
The Ghost Belonged to Me (1)
Ghosts I Have Been (1)
Remembering the Good Times (1)
A Season of Gifts (1)
Secrets at Sea (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012