Book Awards & Distinctions
for Raúl Colón
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 99 Total Book Awards
Draw! (9)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2015
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2015
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2014
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor (7)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2017
Cook Prize, 2012-2024
Honor, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Science Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2017
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2017
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2000
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Text Winner, 2000
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2000
Imagine! (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Arts Selection, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019
Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Science Selection, 2013
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2014
Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote (5)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2017
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2018
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2018
My Name Is Gabito / Me llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez / La vida de Gabriel García Márquez (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2008
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2008
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2008
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2005
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2006
Doña Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Text Winner, 2006
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2006
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2006
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine (4)
Best STEM Books, 2017-2024
Selection, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
Tomás and the Library Lady (4)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1997
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 1998
Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2024
Winner, 1998
Good-Bye, Havana! Hola, New York! (3)
José! Born to Dance: The Story of José Limon (3)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2006
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2006
Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2024
Winner, 2006
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1996
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1995
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2015
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Honor, 2015
What Is Goodbye? (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Abuelo (2)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina (2)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2012
As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom (2)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2009
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2024
Winner, 2009
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician (2)
It's Up to Us: Building a Brighter Future for Nature, People & Planet (2)
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2023
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2023
The Little House of Hope (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Multicultural Selection, 2022
Angela and the Baby Jesus (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Religious Selection, 2019
Annie and Helen (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2012
Bookjoy, Wordjoy (1)
Child of the Civil Rights Movement (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Child of the Universe (1)
La casita de esperanza (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Spanish Selection, 2022
Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Light for All (1)
Listen: How Pete Seeger Got America Singing (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2018
Miguel y su valiente caballero: el joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote (1)
No Condition Is Permanent (1)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2000