Book Awards & Distinctions
for Nicole Melleby
19 Total Book Awards
Athlete Is Agender: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports (4)
Librarian Favorites Award, 2023-2026
Selection, 2026
Middle-Grade Favorites Award, 2025-2026
Selection, 2026
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2025
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2026
Selection, 2026
How to Become a Planet (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2026
Commended, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2026
Middle Selection, 2021
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Middle Grade Selection, 2021
This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Multicultural and International Honor, 2022
Camp Quiltbag (2)
Hurricane Season (2)
Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2025
Finalist, 2020
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2025
Multicultural and International Honor, 2019
Winnie Nash Is Not Your Sunshine (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2026
Middle Selection, 2025
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2024
The Science of Being Angry (1)
Sunny and Oswaldo (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2026
Elementary Selection, 2023


