Book Awards & Distinctions
for LeUyen Pham
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 55 Total Book Awards
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Winner, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2025
Honor, 2016

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2014
Bo at Ballard Creek (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 2014
Lunar New Year Love Story (5)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Top 10 Commended, 2025

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2024

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2024
Real Friends (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2017

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017
Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece (4)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2018

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2018
Outside, Inside (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Finalist, 2022
Bear Came Along (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2020

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2020
Party Hearty Kitty-Corn (3)

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2024

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2024
Best Friends (2)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
The Man Who Didn't Like Animals (2)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Winner, 2025

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2024
Templar (2)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2013
All Pets Allowed (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2022
Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters (1)
Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (1)
The Becket List (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2019
Bo at Iditarod Creek (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015
Friends Forever (1)
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead (1)
The Itchy Book! (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2018
Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn (1)

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2023
The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem (1)

Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2021
The Princess in Black and the Prince in Pink (1)

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
Stop That Yawn! (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2018