Author record · 2007 to 2024

Tony Johnston: Awards and Best-of Lists

Tony Johnston has 1 shortlist or finalist place and 8 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Jin Wang, María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads, Yuyi Morales

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2024Born NaughtyKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2019Beast RiderNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Kids
2019Beast RiderKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2016A Small Thing . . . but BigBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers
2014Winter Is ComingChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Picture Books
2011Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of PantsPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's Nonfiction
2010My AbuelitaPura Belpré Award source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Illustrator
2007Bone by Bone by BoneSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2007Bone by Bone by BonePublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's Fiction

Books

  1. Beast Rider2 sources · 2019
  2. Bone by Bone by Bone2 sources · 2007
  3. A Small Thing . . . but Big1 source · 2016
  4. Born Naughty1 source · 2024
  5. Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fairly Fabricated Story of a Pair of Pants1 source · 2011
  6. My Abuelita1 source · 2010
  7. Winter Is Coming1 source · 2014