Awards
- Shadrach and Hurry Home Candy were both named Newbery Honor Books in 1954.
- The Wheel on the School was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1955 and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1957. It was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1963.
- The House of Sixty Fathers received the Josette Frank Award (then named the Children's Book Award of the Child Study Association) in 1956. It was also named a Newbery Honor Book in 1957.
- Along Came a Dog was named a Newbery Honor Book in 1959.
- In 1962 De Jong won the International Hans Christian Andersen Award for his contributions to literature for young people. He was the first American author to be awarded this honor.
- Journey from Peppermint Street won the inaugural National Book Award in category Children's Books in 1969.
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