| 2024 | Angela’s Glacier | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | My Baba's Garden | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2023 | My Baba’s Garden | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Younger Readers | |
| 2023 | My Baba's Garden | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | My Baba’s Garden | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2023 | My Baba’s Garden | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2022 | I Talk Like a River | CILIP Carnegie Medals (Writing and Kate Greenaway Illustration) source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration | |
| 2021 | I Talk like a River | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Picture Book | |
| 2021 | I Talk Like a River | Schneider Family Book Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Younger Children | |
| 2021 | Hablo como el río | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like a River | Governor General's Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Young People's Literature – Illustrated Books | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like A River | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Picture Books | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like A River | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like a River | The Globe and Mail Globe 100 source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Kids' Books | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like a River | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like a River | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like a River | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | I Talk like a River | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |
| 2020 | I Talk Like a River | BookPage Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Picture Books | |