Book Awards & Distinctions
for Catherine Thimmesh
20 Total Book Awards
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2007

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Honor, 2007

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2007

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2007

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2007
Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like? (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2013

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

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

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2018
Lucy Long Ago: Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came from (2)
Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005