Book Awards & Distinctions
for Selina Alko
20 Total Book Awards
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage (5)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2015
Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2015
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2016
Why Am I Me? (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2018
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Picture Book Selection, 2017
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2019
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024
Honor, 2019
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2019
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport (3)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2023
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2024
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2023
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2019
Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
I Is for Immigrants (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022
