* Newbery Honor for The Search for Delicious (1971)
* Newbery Honor for Tuck Everlasting (1975)
* Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Tuck Everlasting (1975)
* National Book Award Nominee for Tuck Everlasting (1975)
* American Library Association Notable Book for The Devil's Storybook (1974)
* American Library Association Notable Book for Tuck Everlasting (1975)
While she is known for her children's literature, she also won the American Library Association Notable Book for her adult novel The Eyes of the Dragon (1977), which was a collaboration with her husband, the author Kenneth L. Babbitt.