Book Awards & Distinctions
for Maya Gonzalez
42 Total Book Awards
My Colors, My World / Mis colores, mi mundo (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2008

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2008

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Honor, 2008
Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems / Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2002

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2001

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002

Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Honor, 2021

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2002
My Very Own Room / Mi propio cuartito (4)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2000

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2001

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2025
Winner, 2001
From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems / Del ombligo de la luna y otras poemas de verano (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2000

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Ecology & Nature Honor, 1999
Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates pisuenos y otros poemas de primavera (3)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1997

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 1998
Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems / Los Ángeles Andan en Bicicleta y otros poemas de otoño (2)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1999

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Animal Poems of the Iguazú / Animalario del Iguazú (2)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2009

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2009
Call Me Tree / Llámame arbol (2)
Cuando Amamos Cantamos / When We Love Someone We Sing to Them (2)
Family Poems for Every Day of the Week / Poemas Familiares Para Cada Dia de la Semana (2)

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

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2018
I Know the River Loves Me / Yo se que el rio me ama (2)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2010

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2010
My Diary from Here to There / Mi diario de quí a allá (2)
Nana's Big Surprise / Nana, ¡Qué sorpresa! (2)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2008

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2008
Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la llorona (2)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1996

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1996
Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez (2)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022