Book Awards & Distinctions
for Shelley Tanaka
13 Total Book Awards
Broken Memory: A Novel of Rwanda (4)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2010

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 9-12 Selection, 2010
Anastasia's Album (2)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1997

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Naptime (2)

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

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2014
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator (1)
The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Graphic Novels Selection, 2018
Mummies: The Newest, Coolest & Creepiest from Around the World (1)

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2006
Nobody Knows (1)

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2024
Grades 6-8 Selection, 2013
On Board the Titanic: What It Was Like When the Great Liner Sank (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996