Book Awards & Distinctions
for Margarita Engle
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 179 Total Book Awards
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music (14)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2015
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Winner, 2016
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2016
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2016
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2024
Commended, 2016
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir (14)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Nonfiction Winner, 2016
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Middle Selection, 2015
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2016
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2016
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2016
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Winner, 2016
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2024
Honor, 2016
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024
Finalist, 2016
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal (14)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2014
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Middle Selection, 2014
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2015
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist (11)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2014
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2014
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2013
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2014
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2014
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Honor, 2014
All the Way to Havana (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2018
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2017
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Commended, 2018
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Multicultural Selection, 2017
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics (8)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Multicultural Selection, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2018
Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017
Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air (7)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2019
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Women's History Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019
Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024
Honor, 2020
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom (7)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2009
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2024
Honor, 2009
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2009
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Winner, 2009
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2020
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2019
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2020
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Illustrator Winner, 2020
Forest World (6)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2018
Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Winner, 2018
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2018
Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2018
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2019
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2011
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2011
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2011
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Honor, 2011
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2024
Commended, 2011
Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words (5)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2016
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2017
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017
Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote (5)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2017
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2018
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Biography Selection, 2018
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2008
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2006
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2007
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Winner, 2008
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Honor, 2012
A Song of Frutas (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero (4)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2021
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2020
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Young Adult Finalist, 2021
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2020
Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger (4)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2022
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Selection, 2022
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2022
Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems (3)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2019
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020
Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny (3)
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2024
Finalist, 2023
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2023
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
World History & Culture Selection, 2023
The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist (3)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016
The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soar (2)
La selva (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Spanish Selection, 2019
Mountain Dog (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2013
The Sculptors of Light: Poems about Cuban Women Artists (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2024
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
Singing with Elephants (2)
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba (2)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2010
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2024
Winner, 2010
Water Day (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Multicultural Selection, 2024
The Wild Book (2)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2014
Wild Dreamers (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2024
Wings in the Wild (2)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Gold Winner, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2023
¡Bravo!: Poemas Sobre Hispanos Extraordinarios (1)
Alas Salvajes (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Spanish Selection, 2024
Isla de leones: El guerrero Cubano de las palabras (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Spanish Selection, 2019
La joven aviadora: Aída de Acosta sube muy alto (1)
Las Escultoras de la Luz (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Spanish Selection, 2024
Light for All (1)
Manos que bailan: Cómo Teresa Carreño tocó el piano para el presidente Lincoln (1)
Miguel y su valiente caballero: el joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote (1)
Orangutanka: A Story in Poems (1)
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016
Tu corazón, mi cielo: El amor en los tiempos del hambre (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Spanish Selection, 2022