Book Awards & Distinctions
for Shonto Begay
13 Total Book Awards
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation (7)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021
Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1996
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 1996
Alice Yazzie's Year (1)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2004
The Mud Pony: A Traditional Skidi Pawnee Tale (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1988
Soldier Sister, Fly Home (1)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2016
