Book Awards & Distinctions
for Matthew Burgess
24 Total Book Awards
Enormous Smallness: A Story of e. e. cummings (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2015
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
Fireworks (4)
NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2025
Selection, 2025
Original Art Medal, 2002-2025
Gold Winner, 2025
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2025
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2025
As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2025
NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2025
Selection, 2024
Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Sister Corita Kent (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2026
Commended, 2022
The Bear and the Moon (2)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2021
Original Art Medal, 2002-2025
Gold Winner, 2020
Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring (2)
Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage (2)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2025
First Place Winner, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2019
Bird Boy (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2021
The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2019
Words with Wings and Magic Things (1)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2025


