Book Awards & Distinctions
for Pam Muñoz Ryan
5 Lifetime Achievement Awards 63 Total Book Awards
Echo (14)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2015

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2016

Odyssey Award, 2008-2025
Honor, 2016

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2015

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2016
The Dreamer (10)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2010

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2012

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2011

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Winner, 2011
Mañanaland (10)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Finalist, 2021

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2020

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2021

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Middle Grade Selection, 2020
Becoming Naomi León (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2005

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2004

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2005

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2005

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2006

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2025
Winner, 2005

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2005

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2025
Winner, 2005
Esperanza Rising (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2002

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Winner, 2001

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2001

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2001

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Winner, 2002
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2003

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2003

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2003
Mice and Beans (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2002

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride (1)
Eco (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2017
El soñador (1)
Riding Freedom (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998