Awards and Honors
for works by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies and a
Selector's Choice for 2001
- Named to the 2001 2 x 2 Reading List of twenty books recommended for
children ages two through second grade by the Texas Library Association
- Finalist, children's/YA division, the Oklahoma Book Awards
- Runner-up for the Storyteller Award from the Western Writers of America
- Named a CCBC Choice for 2001
- NEA Native American Book List
- Featured in "Debuts That Deliver" (Book Magazine)
- Featured title, Texas Book Festival
- Featured title, GREAT BOOKS ABOUT THINGS KIDS LOVE by Kathleen Odean
(Ballantine, 2001)
- Editor's Choice, Library Talk
- 2002 Read Across Texas Bibliography (Texas State Library and Archives
Commission)
- Named among "Best Multicultural Children's Books for Early Childhood Educators" (Montessori Life)
- Suggested Title, Recommended Native Literature for Youth Reading Circles from American Experience: "We Shall Remain" (April 2009) from PBS.
- Dishchii'Bikoh High School Reader Award. DHS is on the White Mountain Apache Reservation in eastern Arizona.
- Smith named a Writer of the Year (Children's Prose) by Wordcraft Circle
of Native Writers and Storytellers in recognition of the novel
- Finalist, children's/YA division, the Oklahoma Book Award
- Featured title, GREAT BOOKS FOR GIRLS by Kathleen Odean (Ballantine, 2002)
- Featured title, St. Petersburg Times "You Gotta Read This"
Book Club
- NEA Native American Book List
- Featured title, Texas Book Festival
- Featured title, Second National
Book Festival.
- Book of the Month, Red Tales, Aboriginal Voices Radio
- Recommended title, THE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE LOVER’S BOOK by Joanna Sullivan (Jossey-Bass, 2003)
- Recommended title, DOES ANYBODY ELSE LOOK LIKE ME? A PARENT’S GUIDE TO RAISING MULTIRACIAL CHILDREN by Donna Jackson Nakazawa (Da Capo Press, 2004)
- Recommended title, SEVEN CHOICES: FINDING DAYLIGHT AFTER LOSS SHATTERS YOUR WORLD by Elizabeth Harper Neeld (Warner Books, 2003)
- Suggested Title, Recommended Native Literature for Youth Reading Circles from American Experience: "We Shall Remain" (April 2009) from PBS.
- Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
- Planet Esme's Don't-Miss List for 2002
- Finalist, Friends of the Austin Public Library Award/Texas Institute
of Letters
- 2003 Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education
- Choices 2003, Cooperative Children's Book Center
- NEA Native American Book List
- 2003 Chicago Public Schools Fourth Grade Recommended Reading
- Featured title, Texas Book Festival
- 2004-2005 Children's Crown Award List
- Featured title, Read On, Wisconsin
- Featured title, 2007 Kansas Book Festival
- Horn Book Holiday High Notes
- Borders Original Voices Nominee, March 2007
- Featured title, 2007 National Book Festival
- 2007-2008 Tayshas List
- Chapters (Canada) Junior Advisory Board (JAB) pick
- Featured title, 2007 Texas Book Festival
- BBYA nominee
- Featured title, 2007 Kansas Book Festival
- Cybils nominee
- Featured title, Readergirlz 31 Flavorite Authors for Teens
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