Book Awards & Distinctions
for Elizabeth Zunon
34 Total Book Awards
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (8)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Children's Africana Book Awards, 1992-2024
Commended, 2016
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Emergent Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2016
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Picture Book Adaptation) (6)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2013
Bedtime for Sweet Creatures (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2020
I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon (3)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Multicultural Selection, 2019
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne (3)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Women's History Selection, 2018
Poems in the Attic (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2016
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016
Lala Salama: A Tanzanian Lullaby (2)
Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui (1)
Don't Call Me Grandma (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017