Book Awards & Distinctions
for Thomas King
19 Total Book Awards
Borders (13)

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

Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List, 2021-2024
Top 10 Selection, 2022

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2022

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2023

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2005-2024
English Finalist, 2022
A Coyote Solstice Tale (2)
A Coyote Columbus Story (1)
Coyote Tales (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2017
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (1)

Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature, 2013-2020
Second Place Winner, 2014
One Good Story, That One (1)

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
High School Selection, 2010