Book Awards & Distinctions
for Edwidge Danticat
13 Total Book Awards
Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2016
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Younger Children Honor, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2016
Behind the Mountains (2)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2002
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti (2)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2011
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2011
Untwine (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Children's Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2016
Brother, I'm Dying (1)
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Adult Crossover Selection, 2017
