| 2022 | Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued | Sydney Taylor Book Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2021 | Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2021 | Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2021 | Nicky & Vera | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2017 | Robinson | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2014 | The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2014 | The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | The Pilot and the Little Prince | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2010 | The Dreamer | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Fiction and Poetry | |
| 2008 | The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Informational Book | |
| 2008 | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction | |
| 2008 | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | Randolph Caldecott Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2008 | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2007 | The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2007 | The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Older Readers | |
| 2007 | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2007 | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's Nonfiction | |
| 2007 | The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2006 | Play, Mozart, Play! | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |