Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kate Banks
27 Total Book Awards
The Bear in the Book (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012
And If the Moon Could Talk (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1999

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1998

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
Close Your Eyes (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2003

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2002
The Night Worker (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2001
Dillon Dillon (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Mama's Coming Home (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2004
Max's Math (2)

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2024
Winner, 2016
Baboon (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
The Cat Who Walked Across France (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Fox (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
How to Find an Elephant (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Read Aloud Selection, 2018
Howie Bowles, Secret Agent (1)
Max's Words (1)
That's Papa's Way (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010