Book Awards & Distinctions
for Bagram Ibatoulline
28 Total Book Awards
The Matchbox Diary (5)

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

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (5)

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

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2025
Selection, 2019
The Adventures of Marco Polo (3)

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

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Winner, 2007

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2006
The Third Gift (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Coyote Moon (2)

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry (2)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2018
Secrets of the Sphinx (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2005
Bella at Midnight (1)
Bobcat Prowling (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023
The Granddaughter Necklace (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Great Joy (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
The Serpent Came to Gloucester (1)
Stand There! She Shouted: The Invincible Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2015