Book Awards & Distinctions
for Juana Martinez-Neal
51 Total Book Awards
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (17)

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

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

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

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2020

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2020

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2019

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2020

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
Alma and How She Got Her Name (10)

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

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2019

Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Honor, 2019

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2019

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Self-Identity Selection, 2019

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
La Princesa and the Pea (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

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

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2018

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2018
Swashby and the Sea (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2020
Zonia's Rain Forest (4)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2022
Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2018

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2019
Tomatoes for Neela (3)

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
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2022
La Madre Goose: Nursery Rhymes for Los Ninos (2)
Alma and Her Family / Alma y su familia (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
Alma, Head to Toe / Alma, de pies a cabeza (1)
Alma, Where Is Pajarito? / Alma, ¿Dónde está Pajarito? (1)

El día de los niños / El día de los libros, 2013-2025
Birth-PreK Selection, 2025