Book Awards & Distinctions
for Susan Gal
26 Total Book Awards
Joyful Song: A Naming Story (11)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2025
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2024
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2025
El día de los niños / El día de los libros, 2013-2025
Grades K-2 Selection, 2025
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Finalist, 2025
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Religious Selection, 2024
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2024
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2024
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Honor, 2025
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2023
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2023
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2022
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Winner, 2023
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2022
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Finalist, 2021
National Jewish Book Awards, 1952-2024
Picture Book Winner, 2020
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Winner, 2021
New Shoes for Leo (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2025
Night Lights (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Please Take Me for a Walk (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
