Awards
1. Grammy Awards for Best
Country Song, "A Boy Named Sue":1969.
2. Grammy Awards for Best
Children's Recording was for Where the Sidewalk Ends in
1984.
3. ALA Notable Book for
Where the Sidewalk Ends in 1974.
4. Outstanding Book Award
for Where the Sidewalk Ends in 1974.
5. Best Book Award in 1981
for A Light in the Attic.
6.Children's
Choice Award for The Missing Piece Meets the Big O in 1982.
7.William Allen Book Award
for A Light in the Attic in 1984.
He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his song "I'm Checkin' Out" in the film Postcards from the Edge. He was posthumously initiated into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.
1. Grammy Awards for Best
Country Song, "A Boy Named Sue":1969.
2. Grammy Awards for Best
Children's Recording was for Where the Sidewalk Ends in
1984.
3. ALA Notable Book for
Where the Sidewalk Ends in 1974.
4. Outstanding Book Award
for Where the Sidewalk Ends in 1974.
5. Best Book Award in 1981
for A Light in the Attic.
6.Children's
Choice Award for The Missing Piece Meets the Big O in 1982.
7.William Allen Book Award
for A Light in the Attic in 1984.
He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his song "I'm Checkin' Out" in the film Postcards from the Edge. He was posthumously initiated into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.