| 2025 | Island Storm | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Readers' Literature | |
| 2025 | Island Storm | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2024 | Do You Remember? | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Picture Book | |
| 2024 | Do You Remember? | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books | |
| 2023 | Do You Remember? | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Board & Picture Books | |
| 2023 | Do You Remember? | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2023 | Do You Remember? | Smithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2023 | Do You Remember? | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Kids' Books | |
| 2023 | Do You Remember? | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | Do You Remember? | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | Do You Remember? | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | I Talk Like a River | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2021 | Small in the City | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2021 | I Talk like a River | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Picture Book | |
| 2021 | I Talk Like a River | Schneider Family Book Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Younger Children | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like a River | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like A River | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books | |
| 2019 | Small In The City | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Kids' Books | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Small in the City | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | Town Is by the Sea | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2017 | Town Is by the Sea | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Picture Book | |
| 2017 | Town Is by the Sea | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books | |
| 2017 | Town Is By The Sea | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2016 | The White Cat and the Monk | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books | |
| 2016 | Footpath Flowers | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2015 | Sidewalk Flowers | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books | |