Book Awards & Distinctions
for Tony Johnston
27 Total Book Awards
My Abuelita (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2010
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2010
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Illustrator Honor, 2010
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio (3)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2002
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2002
Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Honor, 2021
Beast Rider: A Boy's Journey Beyond the Border (3)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2020
Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2020
Uncle Rain Cloud (3)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2001
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2001
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2002
Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2012
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2011
My Mexico / Mexico mío (2)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1996
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Born Naughty: My Childhood in China (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2024
The Cat with Seven Names (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2014
Day of the Dead (1)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1997
The Magic Maguey (1)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1996
The Magic of Letters (1)
An Old Shell: Poems of the Galapagos (1)
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2000
Small Thing . . . But Big (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Character Building Selection, 2016
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote (1)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1994
The Wagon (1)
Winter Is Coming (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015