Book Awards & Distinctions
for Hyewon Yum
34 Total Book Awards
A Piece of Home (5)

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

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Winner, 2017

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2017
Luli and the Language of Tea (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2023

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023
The Twins' Blanket (4)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
Saturday Is Swimming Day (3)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2019
Grandpa Across the Ocean (2)
Puddle (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2017
Where I Live: Poems about My Home, My Street, and My Town (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2023

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2024
Clever Little Witch (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2020
The Fun Book of Scary Stuff (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015
The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth (1)
I Am a Bird (1)
Last Night (1)

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2009
Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten! (1)

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2013
Not Little (1)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022
Not Perfect (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2024
Ode to a Bad Day (1)
Sometimes I Kaploom (1)

Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2024
Selection, 2024
There Are No Scary Wolves (1)

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
New Talent Winner, 2010
This Is Our House (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014