Book Awards & Distinctions
for René Colato Laínez
1 Lifetime Achievement Award 20 Total Book Awards
Mama The Alien / Mama la extraterrestre (4)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos (3)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2010
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2010
From North to South / Del norte al sur (2)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2011
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2011
Señor Pancho Had a Rancho (2)
¡Vámonos! Let's Go! (1)
Do I Belong Here? / ¿Es este mi lugar? (1)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Bronze Winner, 2024
I Am René, the Boy / Soy René, el Niño (1)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2006
Juguemos al fútbol y al football! / Let's Play Fútbol And Football! (1)
Let's Be Friends / Seamos amigos (1)
My Shoes And I / Mis Zapatos y Yo (1)
In the Margins Book Awards, 2014-2024
Fiction Honor, 2020
My Shoes and I (1)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2011
Telegramas al cielo: La infancia de monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero / Telegrams to Heaven: The Childhood of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero (1)
The Tooth Fairy Meets El Ratón Pérez (1)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2011