Some Awards for Brian's Books:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
2008 Caldecott Medal
National Book Award Finalist
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2007
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2007
2007 Quill Award Winner
2007 Borders Original Voices Finalist
2007 #1 Best Book for Kids from Barnes and Noble
Parenting Magazine "Mom–Tested Book of the Year"
Miami Herald Best Kids Book of 2007
Rocky Mountain News Best Book of 2007
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2007
Kansas City Star Top 100 Books of 2007
Columbus Dispatch Best Book of 2007
Los Angeles Times Favorite Children's Book of 2007
Kidsreads.com Best Book of 2007

Wonderstruck
#1 New York Times Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2011
A Booklist Editors’ Choice of 2011
A Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book of 2011
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2011
An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
A 2002 Caldecott Honor Book
A 2002 Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book for outstanding non-fiction.

Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride
An ALA Notable Children's Book
A Book Sense Book of the Year Finalist
One of New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
A CCBC Choices 2000
An IRA Teachers' Choice
A CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
A Parenting Magazine "Reading Magic" Award winner
An ABA Pick of the Lists

The Houdini Box
The Texas Bluebonnet Award 1993
The Rhode Island Children's Book Award 1993

Frindle and Riding Freedom were two of three books nominated for the 2000 California Young Readers Medal, with Riding Freedom winning the award. Riding Freedom was also named one of 1998's best books by Parenting magazine.

Frindle has won many awards, including
The 1997 Christopher Award
Rhode Island Children's Book Award 1998
Judy Lopez Memorial Honor Book Award 97 (CA)
Great Stone Face Book Award 1997-1998 (NH)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award 1999 (IL)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award 1998-1999 (MA)
William Allen White Children's Book Award 1998 1999 (KS)

The Landry News
Parents' Choice Award Silver Medal
SLJ Best Book of the Year
ABA Pick of the Lists

The three books Brian published in 2000, The Boy of a Thousand Faces, The Doll People, and The Landry News were all nominated for the 2001 Texas Bluebonnet.

When Marian Sang
The Orbis Pictus Award for outstanding non-fiction 2003
The Norman Sugarman Award 2004 for outstanding picture book biography.
The Flora Stieglitz Strauss Award 2002 Given by Bank Street College
Robert F. Sibert Honor 2003 for most distinguished informational book for children.

Walt Whitman: Words For America
A 2004 New York Times Ten Best Illustrated book
Robert F. Sibert Honor 2004 for most distinguished informational book for children.
An ALA Notable Children's Book.