Book Awards & Distinctions
for Mitali Perkins
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 47 Total Book Awards
You Bring the Distant Near (10)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Audiobooks Selection, 2018

Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2020

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Honor, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020
Bamboo People (6)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2011

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2011

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2011
Tiger Boy (6)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Honor, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2016
Forward Me Back to You (5)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2019

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
Rickshaw Girl (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2008

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2008

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2008
Open MIC: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2013

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2014
Home Is in Between (2)

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022
The Secret Keeper (2)

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

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2009
Hope in the Valley (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2023