List of literary awards received by Jackie French

The following is a list of books by Australian author Jackie French that have received awards, honours and been shortlisted, among other things, for literary prizes.

Rain Stones
first published 1991


 * Shortlisted - NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Children's Book Award (1991)
 * Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (1992)
 * Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Primary Age Group (1993)

Walking the Boundaries
first published 1993


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (1994)
 * Shortlisted - Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Awards: Junior Section

Somewhere Around the Corner
first published 1994


 * Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (1995)
 * Highly Commended - Annual Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature (1994)

Daughter of the Regiment
first published 1998


 * Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (1999)

Hitler's Daughter
first published 1999


 * Won - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2000)
 * Won - Sanderson Young Adult Audio Book of the Year Awards: Vision Australia Library (2000)
 * Won - UK National Literacy Association WOW! Award
 * Won - Semi-Grand Prix Award (Japan)
 * Won - Notable Book, US Library Association Notable Book
 * Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Roll of Honour (2007)
 * Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Roll of Honour (2008)
 * Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly: Older Readers (2001)
 * Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (2002)
 * Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2002)
 * Shortlisted - Canberra's Own Outstanding List (2002)
 * Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2002)
 * Shortlisted - Children's Choice Book Awards: Older Readers
 * Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award: Fiction for Older Readers (2007)
 * Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award: Fiction for Older Readers (2008)
 * Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Favourite Book of 2008 (2008)
 * Named a "Blue Ribbon" book by the Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books in the USA (2003)
 * Admitted to the Kids' Own Australian Literature Awards' Hall of Fame

The Café on Callisto
first published 2000


 * Won - Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction (2001)

Lady Dance
first published 2000


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2001)

Stamp, Stomp, Whomp
first published 2000


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2001)

Missing You, Love Sara
first published 2000


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2001)
 * Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Older Readers (2001)
 * Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2002)
 * Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2002)

How to Guzzle Your Garden
first published 2000


 * Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (2000)

In the Blood
first published 2001


 * Won - ACT Book of the Year (2002)

Ride the Wild Wind
first published 2002


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2003)
 * Shortlisted - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards - Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature (2003)

Diary of a Wombat
first published 2002


 * Won - American Library Association Notable Children's Book
 * Won - Canberra's Own Outstanding List Award for Best Picture Book (2003)
 * Won - Young Australian Readers' Award (2003)
 * Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Best Picture Book (2003)
 * Won - ABA/A A Neilson Book of the Year (2003)
 * Won - Benjamin Franklin Award, USA (2004)
 * Won - Lemmee Award, USA (2004)
 * Won - KIND Award, USA (2004)
 * Won - Kids' Reading Oz Choice Award (2007)
 * Won - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2008)
 * Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2003)
 * Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2003)
 * Shortlisted - Australian Publisher's Association Book Design Awards for Best Designed Children's Picture Book (2003)
 * Shortlisted - Galley Club Award, Picture Book category of the Children's Choice Book Awards (2003)
 * Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2004)
 * Shortlisted - Book Sense Book of the Year Award: Children's Illustrated Book (2004)
 * Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2007)
 * Voted Favourite Picture Book of the Year in the Cuffie Awards in the USA
 * Tied with Diary of a Worm for Funniest Book in the Cuffie Awards in the USA (2003)
 * Number two on the 'Best 20 picture books for 2003' in the USA (2003)

Flesh and Blood
first published 2003


 * Shortlisted - Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel (2004)

Valley of Gold
first published 2003


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2004)

Too Many Pears!
first published 2003


 * Shortlisted - COOL Award (2004)
 * Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2004)

To the Moon and Back
first published 2004


 * Won - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (2005)

My Dad the Dragon
first published 2004


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2005)

Tom Appleby, Convict Boy
first published 2004


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2005)

Pete the Sheep
first published 2005


 * Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2005)

The Secret World of Wombats
first published 2005


 * Shortlisted - NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature (2006)

They Came on Viking Ships
first published 2005


 * Won - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Younger Readers (2007)
 * Shortlisted - Essex Book Award (UK)
 * Shortlisted - NSW Premier's History Awards: The Young People's History Prize (2006)

Josephine Wants to Dance
first published 2006


 * Won - Australian Booksellers' Book of the Year: Younger Readers (2007)
 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood (2007)
 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2007)

The Goat who Sailed the World
first published 2006


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2007)
 * Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2008)

Macbeth and Son
first published 2006


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2007)
 * Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2007)

The Shaggy Gully Times
first published 2007


 * Won - White Raven Award (2008)
 * Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2008)

Pharaoh
first published 2007


 * Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2008)
 * Shortlisted - ACT Book of the Year (2008)

A Rose for the Anzac Boys
first published 2008


 * Honour Book - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2009)

The Night They Stormed Eureka
first published 2009


 * Won - NSW History Award: Young People's History Prize (2011)

The Donkey who Carried the Wounded
first published 2009


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2010)

Weevils, War & Wallabies: 1920-1945
first published 2009


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (2010)

Queen Victoria's Underpants
first published 2010


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2011)

Oracle
first published 2010


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2011)

A Waltz for Matilda
first published 2010


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award (2011)

Christmas Wombat
first published 2011


 * Shortlisted - Australian Book Industry Award: Book of the Year for Younger Children

Nanberry: Black Brother White
first published 2011


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2012)
 * Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2012)
 * Shortlisted - Australian Book Industry Awards (2012, awaiting judging)

Flood
first published 2011


 * Won - International White Raven Award (2012)
 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2012)
 * Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2012)

The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup
first published 2012


 * Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2013)

Pirate Boy of Sydney Town
first published 2019
 * Shortlisted - Young People's History Prize, New South Wales Premier's History Awards (2020)