Children's Books Illustrated & Awards
See also Other Publications for Adult books published. Titles link directly to each publisher's website.
Reflection Press, San Francisco, CA
- 2011 "Gender Now Activity Book: School Edition" by Maya Gonzalez
- 2010 "Gender Now Coloring Book: A Learning Adventure for Children and Adults" by Maya Gonzalez
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, New York, NY
- 2011 "My Colors, My World" (Board Book) by Maya Gonzalez
- 2009 "I Know the River Loves Me" by Maya Gonzalez
Américas Award Honorable Mention
International Latino Book Award, Best Children's Picture Book, 2nd place
ForeWord Book of the Year Award, Finalist
ReadBoston Best Read Aloud Book Award, Finalist - 2008 "Animal Poems of the Iguazú" by Francisco Alarcón
Américas Award Commended Title
Notable Books for a Global Society Selection - 2007 "My Colors, My World" by Maya Gonzalez
Pura Belpré Honor Award
Américas Award Commended Title
Texas 2x2 Reading List Selection, Texas Library Association
CrÃticas Magazine's Best Children and YA Books of 2007
International Latino Book Awards, Best Children's Picture Book, Bilingual, 2nd Place - 2007 "Nana's Big Surprise!" by Amada Irma Peréz
Américas Award Commended Title
International Latino Book Awards, Best Children's Picture Book, Bilingual, 2nd Place Tejas Star Book Award Finalist - 2007 "On My Block: Stories and Paintings by 15 Artists" edited by Dana Goldberg
- 2002 "My Diary From Here to There" by Amada Irma Peréz
Pura Belpré Honor Award
Américas Award Commended Title - 2001 "Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems" by Francisco Alarcón
Pura Belpré Honor Award
Américas Award Commended List - 2000 "My Very Own Room" by Amada Irma Peréz
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children Book Award, Southwest Texas State University, TX
Américas Award Honorable Mention
Parent's Guide to Children's Media "Outstanding Achievement in Books" - 1999 "Honoring Our Ancestors: Stories and Portraits by 14 Artists" edited by Harriet Rohmer
Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner
Parent's Choice Silver Honor Winner - 1999 "Angels Ride Bikes and other Fall Poems" by Francisco Alarcón
Notable Book for a Global Society Award Winner
Américas Award Commended Title
National Parenting Publication Award Gold Award in the Category of Books of Folklore, Poetry & Song
Parent's Choice Picture Book Recommendation
Recommended by the Elementary School Library Collection
Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices - 1998 "From the Bellybutton of the Moon and other Summer Poems" by Francisco Alarcón
Pura Belpré Author Honor
Américas Award Commended List
Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice
Skipping Stones Honor Award
School Library Journal Starred Review
California Readers, Elementary California Collection - 1997 "Laughing Tomatoes and other Spring Poems" by Francisco Alarcón
Pura Belpré Honor Award
National Parenting Publications Gold Medal Award
Riverbank Review "Children's Books of Distinction" Finalist - 1997 "Just Like Me: Stories and Self-portraits by 14 Artists" edited by Harriet Rohmer
California Readers, Elementary California Collection
Small Press Book Award Finalist - Multicultural/Juvenile - 1996 "Prietita and The Ghost Woman" by Gloria Anzuldúa
Américas Award Commended Title
Smithsonian Notable Book
Barefoot Books, Cambridge, MA
- 2001 "Fiesta Femenina" anthology of Mexican folktales about women, retold by Mary-Joan Gerson
American Folklore Society's Aesop Prize 2001
Parent's Choice Recommended List 2001
Booklist Editor's Choice
Booklist Top Ten Children's Books On Women's History
Pearson Education, Inc., (Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley), Cambridge, MA
- 1999 "Amigos Inseparables" by Nicholasa Mohr for Reading 2000
Rigby, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Chicago, IL
- 2001 "What Fine Gardeners"
- 1998 "Face Toward the Sky"
- 1996 "I Come From Two Lands"
- 1996 "The Crying Mountain"












