Book Awards & Distinctions
for David Bowles
35 Total Book Awards
My Two Border Towns (11)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2021
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2025
Winner, 2022
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems (9)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2019
Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2025
Winner, 2019
The Smoking Mirror (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2016
Mis Dos Pueblos Fronterizos (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2021
The Prince and the Coyote (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
History Selection, 2024
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2024
Rise of the Halfling King (2)
El Ascenso del Rey Enano (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2022
Hearts of Fire and Snow (1)
Me dicen Güero: Poemas de un chavo de la frontera (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2021
Secret of the Moon Conch (1)
They Call Her Fregona (1)
The Witch Owl Parliament (1)
