Book Awards & Distinctions
for Lois Ehlert
3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 51 Total Book Awards
The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2015
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2015
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2015
Leaf Man (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 2006
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005
Cuckoo: A Mexican Folktale / Cucu: Un Cuento Folklorico (3)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1997
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1989
Color Zoo (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1989
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1990
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count on (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1990
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Market Day: A Story Told with Folk Art (2)
Red & Green (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991
Ten Little Caterpillars (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Waiting for Wings (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2002
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Boo to You! (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Color Farm (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z (1)
Feathers for Lunch (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Growing Vegetable Soup (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1987
Hands (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Heart 2 Heart (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Holey Moley (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
In My World (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Lots of Spots (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Mice (1)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012
Mole's Hill: A Woodland Tale (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994
Moon Rope / Lazo a la luna (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
A Pair of Socks (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Pie in the Sky (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Planting a Rainbow (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
RRRalph (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Rain Fish (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Snowballs (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Under My Nose (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Wag a Tail (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008