Book Awards & Distinctions
for Lou Fancher
21 Total Book Awards
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day (8)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2017
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Arts Selection, 2017
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2017
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2017
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2017
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Picture Book Selection, 2016
Dolley Madison (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2015
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016
The Range Eternal (2)
American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Lists of Best Books, 2010-2023
Picture Book Selection, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
With My Hands: Poems about Making Things (2)
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2019
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2019
The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe (1)
International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2024
First Place Winner, 2013
The Boy on Fairfield Street (1)
The Cheese (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2008
Listen to the Silent Night (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Silver Seeds: A Book of Nature Poems (1)
Sunday Is for God (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
You're a Bear (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
