Book Awards & Distinctions
for Melissa Iwai
19 Total Book Awards
Gigi and Ojiji (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2023
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2023
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2023
Honor, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2019
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2019
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2019
What's in a Name? (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2023
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2023
Chanukah Lights Everywhere (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Dumplings for Lili (1)
How This Book Got Red (1)
Night Shift Daddy (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Perfect Paper Cranes (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2024