Book Awards & Distinctions
for Kao Kalia Yang
19 Total Book Awards
From the Tops of the Trees (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
A Map Into the World (4)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2020
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Honor, 2020
The Most Beautiful Thing (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
The Rock in My Throat (2)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2024
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2024
Yang Warriors (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir (1)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2024
Multicultural and International Honor, 2009
The Shared Room (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir (1)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2022