Book Awards & Distinctions
for Gracey Zhang
33 Total Book Awards
Noodles on a Bicycle (8)
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
Honor, 2025
Freeman Book Awards, 2016-2024
Children's Commended, 2024
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2025
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2025
The Big Bath House (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Governor General's Awards for Young People’s Literature, 2000-2025
Illustrator Finalist, 2022
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2021
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2021
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2022
Emergency Quarters (7)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2025
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2024
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2025
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Author Honor, 2025
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Text Finalist, 2025
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2024
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2024
Nigel and the Moon (4)
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2022
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2022
We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists, 2015-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2025
Lala's Words: A Story of Planting Kindness (3)
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2021
Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2006-2025
Finalist, 2022
Anything (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
City Selection, 2025
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2025
Selection, 2025
The Upside Down Hat (1)
NYT Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2025
Selection, 2022
When Rubin Plays (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2023
