"Los Angeles' 100 Best Books"
International Reading Association, Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers Dia's Story Cloth: The Hmong People's Journey of Freedom Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

2000 Marion Vannett Ridgway Award
Honoree
Sam and the Lucky Money Strong to the Hoop

50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Baseball Saved Us Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message Grandfather Counts

Myers Outstanding Book Awards: Honorable Mention
The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America
Singing with Momma Lou Up the Learning Tree When the Horses Ride By: Children in the Times of War How We Are Smart Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer We

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children's Literature
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth

New York is Book Country/New York Public Library
Recommended Books
Baseball Saved Us The Jones Family Express

Notable Children's Books
SMITHSONIAN magazine
Aani and the Tree Huggers Abuela's Weave Baby Born Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life: A Story of Sustainable Farming First Come the Zebra First Day in Grapes Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery Ghosts for Breakfast Heroes Howard Thurman's Great Hope In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story Under the Lemon Moon

Notable Children's Books in the Language Art
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Chess Rumble Cool Melons- Turn to Frogs! Love to Langston Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story Tofu Quilt

Notable Children's Book of Jewish Content
Association of Jewish Libraries
The Legend of Freedom Hill Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

Notable Books for a Global Society
International Reading Association (IRA)
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan Confetti: Poems for Children Cool Melons- Turn to Frogs! Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life: A Story of Sustainable Farming Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer Night Golf Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story The Pot That Juan Built Rattlesnake Mesa: Stories from a Native American Childhood Sam and the Lucky Money Shanghai Messenger Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Strong to the Hoop Tofu Quilt When the Horses Ride By: Children in the Times of War

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
NCSS/CBC
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth Dia's Story Cloth: The Hmong People's Journey of Freedom Cool Melons- Turn to Frogs! Heroes Home at Last Knockin' On Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Strong to the Hoop Under the Lemon Moon Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers Rent Party Jazz