Book Awards & Distinctions
for Margarita Engle
2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 187 Total Book Awards
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music (14)

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

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2015

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Winner, 2016

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2016

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2016

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2015
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir (14)

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

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Winner, 2016

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2016

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

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Winner, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2016

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Winner, 2016

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2025
Honor, 2016

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2025
Finalist, 2016
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal (14)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2014

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Honor, 2015

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Honor, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Middle Selection, 2014

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2015
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist (11)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2014

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2014

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

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

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2014

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2014

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2014
All the Way to Havana (8)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2018

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2025
Commended, 2018

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2017
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics (8)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2018

Original Art Medal, 2002-2024
Silver Winner, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2017
Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air (7)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Nonfiction Selection, 2019

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Women's History Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2019

Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2025
Honor, 2020
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom (7)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Books for Older Children Winner, 2009

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 2009

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2025
Honor, 2009

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Winner, 2009
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln (6)

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

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

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2020

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Illustrator Winner, 2020
Forest World (6)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2018

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2025
Winner, 2018

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2018
Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots (6)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2018

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2019

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2011

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2011

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2011

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2011

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2011
Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words (5)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2017

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2016

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2017

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2017
Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote (5)

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2017

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2018

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2017

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2018
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (5)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2008

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2007

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2025
Selection, 2007

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Winner, 2008
Wild Dreamers (5)

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

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2024

Middle-Grade Favorites Award, 2025
Selection, 2025

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2025
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck (4)

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2012

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2012

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2025
Author Honor, 2012
A Song of Frutas (4)

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

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero (4)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2021

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
Selection, 2020

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Young Adult Finalist, 2021

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2020
Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger (4)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2022

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Selection, 2022

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2022
Dreams from Many Rivers: A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems (3)

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

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2020

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2020
Eloísa's Musical Window (3)

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

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2025
Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny (3)

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Finalist, 2023

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2023

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
World History & Culture Selection, 2023
The Sculptors of Light: Poems about Cuban Women Artists (3)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Biography Selection, 2024

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

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2023
The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist (3)

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2016
The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soar (2)
La selva (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2019
Mountain Dog (2)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Elementary Selection, 2013
Singing with Elephants (2)
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2010
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba (2)

Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 2010

Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Winner, 2010
Water Day (2)

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Multicultural Selection, 2024
The Wild Book (2)

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Second Place Winner, 2014
Wings in the Wild (2)

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
Gold Winner, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Young Adult Selection, 2023
¡Bravo!: Poemas Sobre Hispanos Extraordinarios (1)
Alas Salvajes (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2024
Eloísa y su ventanita musical (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2025
Isla de leones: El guerrero Cubano de las palabras (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2019
La joven aviadora: Aída de Acosta sube muy alto (1)
Las Escultoras de la Luz (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2024
Light for All (1)
Manos que bailan: Cómo Teresa Carreño tocó el piano para el presidente Lincoln (1)
Miguel y su valiente caballero: el joven Cervantes sueña a don Quijote (1)
Orangutanka: A Story in Poems (1)

Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2016
Tu corazón, mi cielo: El amor en los tiempos del hambre (1)

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Spanish Selection, 2022
Un pregón de frutas (1)

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