| 2025 | Life after Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Informational Book | |
| 2025 | Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2025 | Hurricane | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2025 | Hurricane | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2025 | Hurricane | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction Elementary | |
| 2025 | Hurricane | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Watercress | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Picture Book | |
| 2022 | The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | The Universe in You | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2021 | Watercress | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2021 | Watercress | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | Your Place in the Universe | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | Your Place in the Universe | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2020 | Your Place in the Universe | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction | |
| 2018 | Grand Canyon | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2018 | Grand Canyon | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2018 | Grand Canyon | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2017 | Grand Canyon | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2017 | Grand Canyon | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2017 | Grand Canyon | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2017 | Grand Canyon | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2017 | Grand Canyon | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Grand Canyon | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2017 | Grand Canyon | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Gravity | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2014 | Gravity | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Island | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2012 | Island: A Story of the Galápagos | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2012 | Island: A Story of the Galápagos | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2009 | Redwoods | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Young | |
| 2009 | Redwoods | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |