Book Awards & Distinctions
for Miranda Paul
39 Total Book Awards
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (8)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Children's Africana Book Awards, 1992-2025
Commended, 2016

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Emergent Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2016
Water Is Water: A Book about the Water Cycle (6)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born (5)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2019

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2020
Thanku: Poems of Gratitude (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2020

American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2019

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2020
I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon (3)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2019

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2024
Honor, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2019
Little Libraries, Big Heroes (3)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Character Building Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2020
Mama in Congress: Rashida Tlaib's Journey to Washington (2)

Arab American Book Award, 2007-2024
Honor, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2023
Peace (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
Whose Hands Are These?: A Community Helper Guessing Book (2)

Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2017
365: How to Count a Year (1)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024
Right Now!: Real Kids Speaking Up for Change (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2022
Speak Up (1)

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2021