Author record · 2010 to 2025

David Elliott: Awards and Best-of Lists

David Elliott has 12 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
Year	Book	Source	Result	Translator
2025	In the Desert	School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Poetry
2020	In the Woods	Horn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Picture Books
2019	Voices	Kirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Teen
2019	Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc	Publishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Young Adult
2018	In the Past	New York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Best Books for Kids
2018	In the Past: From Trilobites to Dinosaurs to Mammoths in More than 500 Million Years	Booklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Young Readers
2017	Bull	New York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Best Books for Teens
2017	Bull	Booklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Older Readers
2017	Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship	Publishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Picture Books
2017	Bull	Kirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Teen
2014	On the Wing	School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Nonfiction
2010	In the Wild	Kirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)	Selection · Children's

Books

Bull3 sources · 2017
In the Past2 sources · 2018
Voices2 sources · 2019
Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship1 source · 2017
In the Desert1 source · 2025
In the Wild1 source · 2010
In the Woods1 source · 2020
On the Wing1 source · 2014