Book Awards & Distinctions
for Robert Byrd
24 Total Book Awards
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2013
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2013
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2013
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2012
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2013
Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad (4)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2014
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2014
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2008
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Winner, 2008
Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 2004
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2004
Liberty Arrives!: How America's Grandest Statue Found Her Home (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2019
Brave Chicken Little (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Jason and the Argonauts: The First Great Quest in Greek Mythology (1)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2016
Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything (1)
