Book Awards & Distinctions
for Maurice Sendak
4 Lifetime Achievement Awards 46 Total Book Awards
Outside Over There (4)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1981
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1981
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1981
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1982
Where the Wild Things Are (3)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1963
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Picture Book Hall of Fame Selection, 2009
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Winner, 1964
The Animal Family (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1965
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1966
Brundibar (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2003
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
The House of Sixty Fathers (2)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1957
The Josette Frank Award, 1943-2024
Winner, 1956
In the Night Kitchen (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1970
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1971
My Brother's Book (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2013
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2013
What Do You Say, Dear? (2)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1958
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1959
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories (2)
Along Came a Dog (1)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1959
The Bat-Poet (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1964
The Birthday Party (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1957
Bumble-Ardy (1)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
Dear Mili (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
Father Bear Comes Home (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1959
Fly by Night (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1976
A Hole is to Dig (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1952
Hurry Home, Candy (1)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 1954
I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992
I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1956
I'll Be You and You Be Me (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1954
The Juniper Tree: And Other Tales from Grimm (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1973
King Grisly-Beard (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1973
A Kiss for Little Bear (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1968
The Light Princess (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1969
Little Bear's Visit (1)
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1962
Mommy? (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2006
The Moon Jumpers (1)
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1960
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (1)
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1963
Open House for Butterflies (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1960
The Singing Hill (1)
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1962
Ten Little Rabbits (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Pre-Kindergarten Selection, 2024
A Very Special House (1)
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1954