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, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2019
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2020
The Way We Work (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2009
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2008
Black and White (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Winner, 1991
Building Big (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
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, 1938-2024
Honor, 1978
Castle: How It Works (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2012
Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1973
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1974
Mosque (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2004
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2004
Shortcut (2)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1996
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Toilet: How It Works (2)
Cook Prize, 2012-2024
Honor, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
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