Book Awards & Distinctions
for John Rocco
30 Total Book Awards
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure (11)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Illustration for Older Readers Finalist, 2021
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2020
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2020
Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2024
Winner, 2021
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2021
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2020
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024
Finalist, 2021
Blackout (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2011
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 2012
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2011
Blizzard (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2015
Camp Tiger (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2019
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! (1)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
The Flint Heart (1)
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Fiction Selection, 2011
Hello, I'm a Pangolin (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Series Nonfiction Selection, 2024
Hurricane (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2022
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods (1)
Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes (1)
Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016
Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough (1)
