Book Awards & Distinctions
for David Macaulay
3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 31 Total Book Awards
Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2019

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2020
The Way We Work (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2009

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2008
Black and White (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Winner, 1991
Building Big (2)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Building the Book Cathedral: The Story of its Construction (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2000
Castle (2)

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1978
Castle: How It Works (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2012
Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction (2)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1973

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1974
Mosque (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2004

Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Youth Non-Fiction Winner, 2004
Shortcut (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1996

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Toilet: How It Works (2)

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Honor, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2013
The Way Things Work (2)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1989

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
Angelo (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Built to Last (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Mammoth Math: Everything You Need to Know about Numbers (1)

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2022
Pyramid (1)
Rome Antics (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997