Book Awards & Distinctions
for Pamela Zagarenski
19 Total Book Awards
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2010

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2009

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2010

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2010
Sleep Like a Tiger (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Honor, 2013

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2012
What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2013
This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness (2)
Zola's Elephant (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018