Book Awards & Distinctions
for Selina Alko
22 Total Book Awards
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage (5)
![Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023](/images/awards/82.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Hwt6KMlFnU.jpg)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2015
![Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024](/images/awards/105.png.pagespeed.ce.IIJpUzfmkT.png)
Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2015
![Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1577.jpg.pagespeed.ce.hZpAiMOgzy.jpg)
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
![Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023](/images/awards/79.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Xpp4I88NBl.jpg)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2016
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport (5)
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png.pagespeed.ce.rqZg92-sK4.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2024
![Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023](/images/awards/82.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Hwt6KMlFnU.jpg)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2023
![Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024](/images/awards/104.png.pagespeed.ce.Wz2wwEQz-V.png)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2024
![Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024](/images/list_image/3300.jpg.pagespeed.ce.oAitndDtUc.jpg)
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2024
![SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023](/images/awards/89.jpg.pagespeed.ce.B9zziK7vbV.jpg)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2023
Why Am I Me? (4)
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
![Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024](/images/awards/104.png.pagespeed.ce.Wz2wwEQz-V.png)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2018
![Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023](/images/awards/79.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Xpp4I88NBl.jpg)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Social Interactions & Relationships Selection, 2018
![Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023](/images/awards/147.png.pagespeed.ce.nDFd7JXV8J.png)
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Picture Book Selection, 2017
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship (3)
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png.pagespeed.ce.rqZg92-sK4.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
![Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024](/images/list_image/4462.jpg.pagespeed.ce.k6oquB1jPQ.jpg)
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2024
Honor, 2019
![Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024](/images/awards/130.jpg.pagespeed.ce.GdwyjkW0Lx.jpg)
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2024
Selection, 2019
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World (2)
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
![Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023](/images/awards/79.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Xpp4I88NBl.jpg)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2019
Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass (2)
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2017
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
I Is for Immigrants (1)
![Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023](/images/awards/79.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Xpp4I88NBl.jpg)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2022