Book Awards & Distinctions
for Raúl Colón
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 99 Total Book Awards
Draw! (9)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2015

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
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, 2017-2025
Selection, 2017

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Honor, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Science Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2017

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2017
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Winner, 2000

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2000

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2000
Imagine! (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2019

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019
Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
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, 2013-2024
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, 1997-2025
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
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, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2008

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2008
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
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, 1995-2025
Commended, 2006

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Winner, 2006

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2006

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2006
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine (4)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
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, 1996-2025
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, 1996-2025
Selection, 2006

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2025
Winner, 2006
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1996

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1995
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2015

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2015
What Is Goodbye? (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
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, 1996-2025
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, 2001-2025
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, 2005-2025
Honor, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2023
The Little House of Hope (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2022
Angela and the Baby Jesus (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Religious Selection, 2019
Annie and Helen (1)

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