Book Awards & Distinctions
for Juan Felipe Herrera
33 Total Book Awards
Imagine (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Character Building Selection, 2019
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Self-Identity Selection, 2019
Grandma And Me At The Flea / Los meros meros remateros (5)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2002
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Commended, 2003
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2003
Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas (3)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1995
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
Author Winner, 1997
Cerca / Close (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Jabberwalking (3)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2018
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2015
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Honor, 2015
Crashboomlove: A Novel in Verse (2)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 1999
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
The Upside Down Boy / El niño de cabeza (2)
Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box (1)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2005
Downtown Boy (1)
Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2024
Winner, 2007
Imagina (1)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Third Place Winner, 2021
Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish (1)
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Honor, 2000