• 1985 - Ze'ev Prize for Literature for Children and Youth

  • 1987 - Brenner Prize

  • 1994 - Prize for Literature for Children and Youth (Austria)

  • 1995 - Prime Minister's Prize for Literature

  • 2000 - Ze'ev Prize for Literature for Children and Youth

  • 2000 - Yad Vashem Prize

  • 2000 - Andersen Honor Citation

  • 2001 - Agnon Price

  • 2004 - Gerty Spies Prize (Germany)

  • 2004 - Newman Prize

  • 2006 - Bialik Prize for Fine Literature

  • 2007 - Prime Minister's Prize for Literature

  •  2011 - Acum Prize