EBYR Awards

Recent Awards and Honors

I Lay My Stitches Down
I Lay My Stitches Down

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Children's Literature Assembly's 2013 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts

I Lay My Stitches Down
I Lay My Stitches Down

Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices 2013
Poetry Essentials: Selected Books for Children and Teens

I Lay My Stitches Down
I Lay My Stitches Down

2013 Notable Books for a Global Society

Son of a Gun
Son of a Gun

Mildred L. Batchelder Honor

Son of a Gun
Son of a Gun

2013 ALSC Notable Children's Books

Back to Front and Upside Down
Back to Front and Upside Down

Schneider Family Book Award, ages 0—10

I Lay My Stitches Down
I Lay My Stitches Down

Parents' Choice Award
Category of Books: Poetry

Meet at the Ark at Eight
Meet at the Ark at Eight

National Jewish Book Award
Children's and Young Adult Literature

I Lay My Stitches Down
I Lay My Stitches Down

New York Public Library
Children's Books 2012: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau

New York Public Library
Children's Books 2012: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau

2012 Booklist Top Ten Arts Books for Youth

Images of God for Young Children
Images of God for Young Children

2012 Catholic Press Association Book Awards
First Place, Children's Books

Library Lily
Library Lily

2012 Patterson Prize for Books for Young People
Winner, Grades Pre K - 3

Soldier Bear
Soldier Bear

2012 Patterson Prize for Books for Young People
Honor Book

Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation

Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, 2012-2013 Reading List

Soldier Bear
Soldier Bear

American Library Association
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (2012)

Meena
Meena

United States Board on Books for Young People
Outstanding International Books (2012)

Soldier Bear
Soldier Bear

United States Board on Books for Young People
Outstanding International Books (2012)

Images of God
Images of God

Booklist
Top Ten Religion Books for Youth (2011)

The Beatitudes
The Beatitudes

Booklist
Top Ten Religion Books for Youth (2010)

My Name is Sangoel
My Name is Sangoel

Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices (2011)

Pennsylvania Library Association
Carolyn W. Field Award Honor Book (2010)

Sivu's Six Wishes
Sivu's Six Wishes

Ann Izard Storyteller's Choice Award

Noteworthy Awards and Honors

A River of Words
A River of Words

American Library Associaton
Caldecott Award Honor Book (2009)

New York Times Book Review (2009)
Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008

Kirkus Reviews
Best Children's Books of 2008

School Library Journal
Best Books 2008

Garmann's Summer
Garmann's Summer

United States board on Books for Young People
Outstanding International Books (2009)

American Library Association
Batchelder Award Honor Book (2009)

The New York Public Library and The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award (2009)

International Board of books for Young People
IBBY Honour List (2010)

Garmann's Street
Garmann's Street

United States Board on Books for Young People
Outstanding International Books (2011)

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