Book Awards & Distinctions
for Jacqueline Alcántara
21 Total Book Awards
Freedom Soup (6)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2020
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2020
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2020
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2020
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2020
The Field (5)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2024
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2018
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2018
Your Mama (5)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2022
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2021
Jam, Too? (1)
