Maya Gonzalez
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I Know the River Loves Me
My Colors, My World
Claiming Face: Self-Empowerment through Self-Portraiture
Nana's Big Surprise
My Colors, My World
Gender Now Coloring Book: A Learning Adventure for Children and Adults
My Very Own Room
Iguanas in the Snow and other Winter Poems
On My Block: Stories and Paintings by 15 Artists
Fiesta Femenina
Laughing Tomatoes and other Spring Poems
Honoring Our Ancestors: Stories and Portraits by 14 Artists
My Diary from Here to There
Animal Poems of the Iguazu
I Know the River Loves Me

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

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
    Críticas 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"