Book Awards & Distinctions
for Janet S. Wong
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 22 Total Book Awards
Apple Pie 4th of July (4)

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, 2001-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2003

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2003

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2003
Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2024
Selection, 2000
The Trip Back Home (2)

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2000

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2001
You Have to Write (2)

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2002
Buzz (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
Good Luck Gold & More (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2022
Here We Go: A Poetry Friday Power Book (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018
Hide & Seek (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Hop to It: Poems to Get You Moving (1)

Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2021
Me and Rolly Maloo (1)

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010
The Poetry Friday Anthology (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2014
The Rainbow Hand: Poems about Mothers and Children (1)

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2000
A Suitcase of Seaweed and Other Poems (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020
This Next New Year (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
You Just Wait (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2017