Book Awards & Distinctions
for Susan Middleton Elya
24 Total Book Awards
Little Roja Riding Hood (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2014

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2014

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2015
La Princesa and the Pea (4)

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Read Aloud Selection, 2017

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2018

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2018
Our Celebración! (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Pre-Kindergarten Selection, 2018

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2018

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
The Three Billy Goats Buenos (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Read Aloud Selection, 2020
Fire! Fuego! Brave Bomberos (2)
La Madre Goose: Nursery Rhymes for Los Ninos (2)
Rubia and the Three Osos (2)
Bebé Goes Shopping (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Home at Last (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
N is for Navidad (1)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2008