Book Awards & Distinctions
for Patricia Newman
23 Total Book Awards
A River's Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2023

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2022

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2023
Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem (5)

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

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2017
Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean (4)

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Series Nonfiction Selection, 2021

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2022

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Ecology & Nature Honor, 2022
Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (3)

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2014
Eavesdropping on Elephants: How Listening Helps Conservation (2)
Giant Rays of Hope: Protecting Manta Rays to Safeguard the Sea (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2024
Ebola: Fears and Facts (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Series Nonfiction Selection, 2015