Book Awards & Distinctions
for Laura Amy Schlitz
33 Total Book Awards
The Hired Girl (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2015

National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Young Adult Winner, 2015

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2015

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 2016

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Winner, 2016
Splendors and Glooms (6)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2012

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2013

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012
Amber & Clay (5)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Honor, 2022

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Fantasy/Science Fiction Selection, 2021
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Winner, 2008
Princess Cora and the Crocodile (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

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

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2017
The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm (2)
A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2006
The Night Fairy (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011