Awards and Honors
Young has received over fifty awards and honors for his work, among them:
- Caldecott Medal: Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China 1990
- Caldecott Honor: The Emperor and the Kite1967
- Caldecott Honor: Seven Blind Mice1992
- Hans Christian Andersen Medal nominations: 1992 and 2000.
- Mazza Medallion of Excellence for Artistic Diversity: 2002
- Boston Globe Horn Book Honor: Seven Blind Mice 1992, Lon Po Po 1989, Yeh Shen 1982
- Asian Pacific Award: Wabi Sabi, 2008
- Washington Irving Children's Choice Book Award: Pinocchio, 1997, The Hunter 2000
- Publishers Weekly Best Illustrated Books selection: The House Baba Built, 2011
- Publishers Weekly Best Illustrated Books selection: Nighttime Ninja, 2012
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