| 2023 | How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? | Waterstones Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Book of the Year | |
| 2023 | Twenty Questions | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2023 | Twenty Questions | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Younger Readers | |
| 2023 | How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Barnes & Noble Book of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Book of the Year | |
| 2022 | The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2022 | The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza: Book One | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2022 | John's Turn | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2022 | Three Billy Goats Gruff | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2022 | The Great Zapfino | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2022 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2022 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Folklore | |
| 2022 | The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Graphic Novels | |
| 2022 | John's Turn | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | John’s Turn | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | John’s Turn | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | The Great Zapfino | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | A Polar Bear in the Snow | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | A Polar Bear in the Snow | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2019 | The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2019 | Just Because | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2019 | The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2019 | The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | Mac Undercover | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2017 | Triangle | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | The Wolf, the Duck & the Mouse | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2017 | The Wolf, the Duck & the Mouse | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2017 | Triangle | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2017 | The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2017 | The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children’s | |
| 2017 | The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2016 | Sam & Dave Dig a Hole | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2015 | Sam & Dave Dig a Hole | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2015 | The Terrible Two | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers | |
| 2015 | Leo | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2015 | Leo: A Ghost Story | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Sam & Dave Dig a Hole | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Sam & Dave Dig A Hole | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Sam & Dave Dig a Hole | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Kids' Books | |
| 2014 | Sam & Dave Dig a Hole | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Sam and Dave Dig a Hole | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Sam and Dave Dig a Hole | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | Telephone | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | Extra Yarn | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2013 | Count the Monkeys | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | Count the Monkeys | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2013 | Battle Bunny | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2013 | Count The Monkeys | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2013 | Extra Yarn | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2013 | Battle Bunny | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Picture | |
| 2012 | Extra Yarn | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Picture Book | |
| 2012 | It Happened on a Train | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Juvenile | |
| 2012 | Chloe and the Lion | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Extra Yarn | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Extra Yarn | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Extra Yarn | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2012 | Extra Yarn | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2012 | Chloe and the Lion | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Extra Yarn | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Extra Yarn | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2010 | The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Juvenile | |
| 2009 | The Brixton Brothers: The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |