Book Awards & Distinctions
for Irene Latham
30 Total Book Awards
The Cat Man of Aleppo (7)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2020

Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Picture Book Winner, 2020

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2021

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 2021
African Town (6)

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Geography, People, Places Selection, 2023

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2022

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2025
Winner, 2023

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023

Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2023
The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets (4)

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2025

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

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2025
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship (3)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2019

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Honor, 2019

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
Meet Miss Fancy (2)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2025
Selection, 2020
The Museum on the Moon: The Curious Objects on the Lunar Surface (2)
Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2015
Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z (1)
Fresh Delicious (1)
Nine: A Book of Nonet Poems (1)

Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2025
Honor, 2024
This Poem Is a Nest (1)
When the Sun Shines on Antarctica: And Other Poems about the Frozen Continent (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2017