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Author record · 2006 to 2025

Pam Muñoz Ryan: Awards and Best-of Lists

Pam Muñoz Ryan has won 2 awards, including the Pura Belpré Award (2011) for The Dreamer, with 3 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 15 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Dinara Mirtalipova, Peter Sís

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025El NiñoNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Kids
2025El NiñoKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2020MañanalandNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Kids
2020MañanalandKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2020MañanalandPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2016EchoJohn Newbery Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Children's Literature
2015EchoKirkus Prize source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Young Readers' Literature
2015EchoGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Middle Grade & Children's
2015EchoNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Kids
2015EchoChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers
2015EchoNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2015EchoBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2015EchoKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2015EchoPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2011The DreamerPura Belpré Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Author
2010The DreamerBoston Globe–Horn Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Fiction and Poetry
2010The DreamerChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Fiction for Older Readers
2010The DreamerBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Middle Readers
2010The DreamerKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's
2010The DreamerHorn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2006Becoming Naomi LeónPura Belpré Award source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Author

Books

  1. Echo9 sources · 2015 to 2016
  2. The Dreamer6 sources · 2010 to 2011
  3. Mañanaland3 sources · 2020
  4. El Niño2 sources · 2025
  5. Becoming Naomi León1 source · 2006