Book Awards & Distinctions
for Susan L. Roth
47 Total Book Awards
Parrots Over Puerto Rico (14)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

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

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Honor, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2014

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2014

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books (6)

Arab American Book Award, 2007-2024
Winner, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Picture Book Winner, 2013

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2013

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2013
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Winner, 2012

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Winner, 2012

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2012

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Honor, 2012
Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawaiʻi's Kamehameha Butterflies (5)

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Silver Honor, 2022

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Honor, 2022

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2022
Birds of a Feather: Bowerbirds and Me (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2020

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019
Every Month is a New Year (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2018

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
Leon's Story (3)
Listen to the Wind (2)
Cotorras Sobre Puerto Rico (1)
Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012
Made in Mexico (1)

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2000