Author record · 2010 to 2025
Duncan Tonatiuh: Awards and Best-of Lists
Duncan Tonatiuh has won 2 awards, including the Pura Belpré Award (2012) for Diego Rivera: His World and Ours, with 15 shortlist or finalist places and 40 year-end list picks in our archive.
Also credited with Susan Wood
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pancho conejo y el coyote: la fábula de un migrante | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2025 | Pancho conejo y el coyote: la fábula de un migrante | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Los mejores libros en español | |
| 2025 | Vida | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2024 | Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2024 | Dear Primo: una carta para ti | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers | |
| 2024 | La princesa y el guerrero: una historia de dos volcanes | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2024 | Separados no somos iguales: Sylvia Méndez y la lucha de su familia por la integración | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2024 | Dear Primo: una carta para ti | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Los mejores libros en español | |
| 2024 | La princesa y el guerrero: una historia de dos volcanes | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Los mejores libros en español | |
| 2024 | Separados no somos iguales: Sylvia Méndez y la lucha de su familia por la integración | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Los mejores libros en español | |
| 2023 | A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2023 | Juego de libertad: Mestre Bimba y el arte de la Capoeira | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2023 | Día de muertos: números = a day of the dead counting book | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2023 | Día de muertos: números = a day of the dead counting book | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Los mejores libros en español | |
| 2023 | Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2022 | A Land of Books | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2020 | Soldier for Equality: José de la luz Sáenz and the Great War | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2020 | Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2019 | Soldier for Equality: José De La Luz Saénz and the Great War | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2019 | Soldier for Equality | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2018 | Undocumented: A Worker's Fight | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2018 | Danza! Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2017 | Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2017 | The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2017 | Danza! Amalia Hernández & El Ballet Folklórico de México | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2016 | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Informational Book | |
| 2016 | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2016 | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2016 | The Princess and the Warrior: The Tale of Two Volcanoes | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2016 | The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2016 | The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2016 | The Princess and the Warrior | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2015 | Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2015 | Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Informational Book | |
| 2015 | Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation | NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Nonfiction for Children | |
| 2015 | Funny Bones | Kirkus Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young Readers' Literature | |
| 2015 | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2015 | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2015 | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2015 | Funny Bones | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2015 | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2015 | Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Author | |
| 2014 | Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2014 | Separate Is Never Equal | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2014 | Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2014 | Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2014 | Separate Is Never Equal | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2013 | Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2012 | Diego Rivera: His World and Ours | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Illustrator | |
| 2011 | Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin | Pura Belpré Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Honor · Illustrator | |
| 2011 | Diego Rivera | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's | |
| 2010 | Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2010 | Dear Primo | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Children's |
Books
- Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras10 sources · 2015 to 2016
- Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation7 sources · 2014 to 2015
- The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes5 sources · 2016 to 2017
- Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War4 sources · 2019 to 2020
- A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters3 sources · 2022 to 2023
- Dear Primo: una carta para ti3 sources · 2010 to 2024
- Danza! Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México2 sources · 2017 to 2018
- Diego Rivera: His World and Ours2 sources · 2011 to 2012
- Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns2 sources · 2020
- Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira2 sources · 2023 to 2024
- Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale2 sources · 2013 to 2014
- Día de muertos: números = a day of the dead counting book1 source · 2023
- Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist1 source · 2017
- Juego de libertad: Mestre Bimba y el arte de la Capoeira1 source · 2023
- La princesa y el guerrero: una historia de dos volcanes1 source · 2024
- Pancho conejo y el coyote: la fábula de un migrante1 source · 2025
- Separados no somos iguales: Sylvia Méndez y la lucha de su familia por la integración1 source · 2024
- Undocumented: A Worker's Fight1 source · 2018
- Vida1 source · 2025