Book Awards & Distinctions
for Julia Kuo
46 Total Book Awards
The Thing about Luck (10)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2013

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2013
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2024
Winner, 2022

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2022

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2022

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2022
A Place to Belong (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019

Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2024
Winner, 2019

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2020
The Sound of Silence (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2016
I Dream of Popo (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2022
Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2022

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2023
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World's Great Scientists (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Instructional Nonfiction Selection, 2024

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Selection, 2025
When Love Is More Than Words (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2025