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, 2011-2024
Selection, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Audiobooks Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
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, 1995-2024
Commended, 2020
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2020
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2019
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Honor, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Multicultural Selection, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020
Bamboo People (6)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Top 10 Selection, 2011
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Honor, 2011
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
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, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2015
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2016
Forward Me Back to You (5)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
City Selection, 2019
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2024
Commended, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
Rickshaw Girl (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
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, 2012-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2013
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2014
Home Is in Between (2)
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2022
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022
The Secret Keeper (2)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2010
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2009
Hope in the Valley (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Middle Selection, 2023