Book Awards & Distinctions
for Thi Bui
20 Total Book Awards
A Different Pond (14)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2018

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2017

Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2018

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2017

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2018

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2018
Finding Papa (3)

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

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2024
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir (2)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2025
Commended, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2017
Our Stories Carried Us Here (1)

I’m Your Neighbor Book Awards, 2022-2023
New Arrival Winner, 2023