Book Awards & Distinctions
for Jennifer Ward
13 Total Book Awards
Sleepy: Surprising Ways Animals Snooze (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025

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

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2025

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Selection, 2025
How to Find a Bird (2)
Mama Dug a Little Den (2)

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

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2019
Feathers and Hair: What Animals Wear (1)
Forest Bright, Forest Night (1)

Giverny Book Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2009
Mama Built a Little Nest (1)
What Will Grow? (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
What Will Hatch? (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014