Book Awards & Distinctions
for Erika Meza
23 Total Book Awards
My Two Border Towns (11)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2022

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 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
Multicultural Selection, 2021

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2021

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2025
Winner, 2022
The Mystery of the Monarchs: How Kids, Teachers, and Butterfly Fans Helped Fred and Norah Urquhart Track the Great Monarch Migration (5)

Best STEM Books, 2017-2025
Selection, 2023

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023

Cook Prize, 2012-2025
Silver Honor, 2023

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2023

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2023
To the Other Side (4)

Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize, 2021-2025
Finalist, 2024
Read for Empathy Collections, 2017-2025
Selection, 2024

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023

We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading Lists, 2015-2025
Picture Book Selection, 2025
Mis Dos Pueblos Fronterizos (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2021