Book Awards & Distinctions
for Emily Arnold McCully
43 Total Book Awards
Caroline's Comets: A True Story (5)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Women's History Selection, 2018
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2018
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - And Won! (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2015
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2015
Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2006
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2006
Dare the Wind: The Record-Breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2014
Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2019
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2020
Mirette on the High Wire (3)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1992
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Winner, 1993
Clara: The (Mostly) True Story of the Rhinoceros Who Dazzled Kings, Inspired Artists, and Won the Hearts of Everyone (2)
Kate's Light: Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2021
Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Sports Selection, 2015
Squirrel and John Muir (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Giverny Book Award, 1998-2024
Winner, 2005
3, 2, 1, Go! (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2015
The Ballot Box Battle (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Ballywhinney Girl (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Black Is Brown Is Tan (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
The Bobbin Girl (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom (1)
Min Makes a Machine (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2018
An Outlaw Thanksgiving (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
A Promising Life: Coming of Age with America (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
History Selection, 2017
The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Strongheart: The World's First Movie Star Dog (1)
The Taxing Case of the Cows: A True Story about Suffrage (1)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010