Book Awards & Distinctions
for Allen Say
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 39 Total Book Awards
Drawing from Memory (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2011

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2011
Grandfather's Journey (5)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2025
Winner, 1994

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Picture Book Hall of Fame Selection, 2019

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1993

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Winner, 1994
Kamishibai Man (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2006

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2006

Phoenix Award, 1986-2026
Picture Book Winner, 2025
The Favorite Daughter (4)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2014
Silent Days, Silent Dreams (4)

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

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

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2018

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2025
Winner, 2018
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap (3)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2025
Winner, 1988

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1989
The Inker's Shadow (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2015
Kozo the Sparrow (2)

Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2024
Commended, 2023

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2024
Tea with Milk (2)
El Chino (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1990
Home of the Brave (1)

Phoenix Award, 1986-2026
Picture Book Winner, 2022
The Lost Lake (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1989
A River Dream (1)

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 1988
Tree of Cranes (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991