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Charlesbridge Awards AWARDS

Award Title
ABA Kids' Pick of the Lists At Home in the Coral Reef
The Cheetah

The Penguin

Families of the Deep Blue Sea
Sweet Magnolia
Animals Black and White
Desert Discoveries

COW
One Less Fish
Baby Animals Black & White
Turn of the Century
Bugs for Lunch
Different Just Like Me
Washington D.C.: A Scrapbook
The Ugly Vegetables
The Last Straw
Grumbly Bunnies
Animals in Camouflage
Sidney Won't Swim
Butterflies Fly
The Coin Counting Book
A Reading Rainbow Review Book Will We Miss Them?
Desert Discoveries

Our Wet World
ALA Notable Children's Books Yum! Yuck!
Amelia Bloomer Project Amelia to Zora
American Book Award Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Americas Award Uncle Rain Cloud
(Commended List)
Arizona Young Readers Award Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone (nominee)
Austin Young Engineer's Book Award The Ugly Vegetables
(K-2 Fiction)
Steam, Smoke, and Steel
(Gr. 3-4 Fiction)
ASPCA Henry Bergh Award The Forest in the Clouds (nominee)
A Kid's Best Friend
Big Blue (finalist)
Bank Street Books'
Best Children's Books of the Year
Because I Could Not Stop My Bike
Face-to-Face with The Cat
Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines
Popcorn
Don't Say Ain't
Excuse Me, Are You a Witch
Whale Snow
My Favorite Bear
Benjamin Franklin Award / PMA One Less Fish
Book Sense Children's Picks List Mung-Mung
To Be an Artist
Amelia to Zora
Booklist/Editor's Choice Turn of the Century
Booklist/Top Ten Science Books for Youth The Forest in the Clouds
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award A Mother’s Journey (Honor Book)
California Collection California, Here We Come
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
Turn of the Century
California Young Readers Medal (shortlist) The Ugly Vegetables
Cat Writer's Association Muse Medallion for Best Children's Book Picasso and Minou
Charlotte Award Turn of the Century
Skull Alphabet Book
Harmonica (shortlisted)
CBC Not Just for Children Anymore! COW
CCBC Choices Back to School
Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines
Children of Native America Today
Leaf Jumpers
To Be an Artist
A Mother’s Journey
Amelia to Zora
The Word That We Want
Picasso and Minou
Yum! Yuck!
Child Magazine Best Books Mung-Mung
Hey There, Stink Bug!
(nominee)
Children's Book Sense 76 The Coin Counting Book
Children's Books Mean Business The Last Straw
The Ugly Vegetables

Bugs for Lunch
Dory Story
The Flag We Love
First Day Jitters
Different Just Like Me
Children's Crown Award (nominee) Turn of the Century
Children's Literature Top Choice List for 1999 Turn of the Century
Colorado Children's Book Award Nominee First Day Jitters
First Year Letters
Dog Writers of America Writing Competition (finalist) Looking Out for Sarah
Earlychildhood NEWS Directors' Choice Award The Flag We Love
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe

To Be a Kid
Different Just Like Me
Dory Story
Let the Games Begin
To Be an Artist
Earlychildhood NEWS Judges' Selection Award To Be an Artist
Family Fun's Book of the Year Counting on Calico (Honorable Mention)
Sweet Magnolia
(Honorable Mention)
Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award Reading List Spiders Spin Webs
Pumpkins
Georgia Author of the Year Awards Eye Guess (nominee)
Great Lakes Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists Arctic Dreams
The Last Straw
Green Earth Book Awards The Word That We Want (honorable mention)
Independent Publisher Book Awards The Farewell Symphony
Whale Snow
Harmonica (finalist children's picture books 7+)
Instructor Magazine's 71 Top Books of the Century (nonfiction Turn of the Century
IRA Children's Book Award Notables Pumpkins
Big Bang!
IRA Children's Book Award--Primary - Non-Fiction Night Wonders
IRA/CBC Children's Choices Animals Black and White
The Crayon Counting Book
Alice and Greta
Tooth Tales from Around the World
Big Buck Adventure
Dory Story
Shoo Fly!
Sidney Won't Swim

Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Ice Cream
The Skull Alphabet Book

The Witch Who Wanted to be a Princess
Excuse Me… Are You a Witch?
Pizza Counting
Faraway Worlds
Beetle Alphabet Book
Harmonica
Super Sam!

Amelia to Zora

Picasso and Minou
IRA Teachers' Choices Forest in the Clouds
Beaks
Jewish Stars: Recommended Books w/Jewish Themes for Schools and Libraries, AJL Harmonica
John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers for 2002 Henry David's House
Bumblebee Queen
A Mother’s Journey
One Night in the Coral Sea
Junior Library Guild Selection Beaks!
The Deep-Sea Floor

Birds:Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines
Mosquito Bite
A Platypus Probably

Bumblebee Queen

Que Nervios
Little Lost Bat
Maxwell's Mountain
KIND Book Award Sweet Magnolia
A Mother’s Journey
(Honor book)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List Turn of the Century
Knickerbocker Award Margery Facklam
Land of Enchantment (New Mexico) Masterlist Pictures at an Exhibition
Lasting Connection for 2001 by Book Links (list) Uncle Rain Cloud
Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award Counting is for the Birds
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe
One Less Fish

Washington D.C.: A Scrapbook
The Coin Counting Book (finalist)
Underwater Counting: Even Numbers
First Year Letters
What's Your Angle, Pythagoras?
Bumblebee Queen
Massachusetts Book Award for Children Dory Story- finalist
Don't Say Ain't
-- Honor Book
Michigan Reading Association's "Great Lakes Great Books" Award To Be an Artist (nominee in K-1 category)
Mockingbird Reading Program Bugs for Lunch (short listed)
National Jewish Book Award The Harmonica (finalist)
National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval Back To School
Extraordinary Girls

To Be A Kid
National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) Amelia to Zora (Gold Award ages 9+)
Eye Guess (honor)
Nick Jr.'s Best Books of the Year Yum! Yuck!
Notable Children's Books of Jewish Content Too Young for Yiddish
The Harmonica
Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts (NCTE) Yum! Yuck!
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Itse Selu
The Flag We Love
To Be a Kid
The Ugly Vegetables
Extraordinary Girls
Henry David's House

Peanut's Emergency

Whale Snow

Candy Shop

Be My Neighbor

To Be an Artist

Amelia to Zora

Bach’s Goldberg Variations

Going to School in India
This is America
An NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 Sweet Magnolia
Animals Black and White

Our Wet World
Bananas!
The Forest in the Clouds
Birds Build Nests
Feathered Dinosaurs of China
Mosquito Bite (Selector's Choice)
A Mother’s Journey

One Night in the Coral Sea

A Platypus Probably
Nevada Young Readers' Award (nominee) First Day Jitters
Calico's Curious Kittens
North Carolina Children's Book Award Dory Story (nominee)
Ace Lacewing
(nominee)
Notable Books for a Global Society Uncle Rain Cloud
Children of Native America Today
Whale Snow
Ohio Farm Bureau Award for Children's Literature Pumpkins
PIG
(Honor)
Popcorn! (Honor)
Ohioana Book Awards (finalist) Firefly Night
Oklahoma Book Award Finalist Firefly Night (finalist)
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Book Award Shoo Fly!
Face-to-Face with The Ladybug
Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Animal Friends
Orbis Pictus Mosquito Bite (honor book)
Parent Council, Selected as Outstanding The Making of a Knight
The Boat Alphabet Book
Bugs For Lunch
Different Just Like Me
Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award Bugs For Lunch
Parents' Choice Honor The Cheetah
Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner Scatterbrain Sam
Parents' Choice Picture Book Recommended Winner Paper Lanterns
Parents' Choice Silver Award Winner Sidney Won't Swim
The Heroic Symphony
Parents' Choice Non-Fiction Silver Honor Footprints on the Moon
Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award The Last Straw
The Deep-Sea Floor
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Bugs for Lunch (master list)
The Making of a Knight
PNBA Book Awards Whale Snow (nominee)
Publisher's Weekly Children's Bestseller List Alice and Greta
First Day Jitters
Publishers Weekly Cuffies Alice and Greta
Read Aloud Books Too Good to Miss 1999-2000 Turn of the Century
Read, America! Collection Itse Selu
Children form Australia to Zimbabwe

Turn of the Century
Bugs for Lunch
Different Just Like Me
Dory Story
The Barn Owls
Real Life Award (LifeWorks Magazine) The Flag We Love (+Honorable Mention)
The Jet Alphabet Book
Rhode Island Children's Book Award Popcorn! (nominee)
Rip Van Winkle Award Iza Trapani
San Diego Book Awards - Children's Picture Book Different Just Like Me
(certificate of recognition) The Official "M&M's" Brand Book of the Millennium
Scholastic Parent & Child Teachers' Picks: The Best of 2004 Drift Upon A Dream
Science Books & Films Best Books List Frogs Sing Songs
How Do You Raise a Raisin

What's Your Angle, Pythagoras?

The Beetle Alphabet Book
The Living Rain Forest
Science Books & Films Best Junior High And Young Adult Books The Deep-Sea Floor
Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines
The Scientific American Young Readers Book Award El gusto del mercado mexicano
Schneider Family Book Award Looking Out for Sarah
Selected by the Ms. Foundation for Women as the official book of Take Our Daughters to Work Day 2002 Extraordinary Girls
Sequoyah Children's Book Award Footprints on the Moon (masterlist)
Show Me Readers Award Scatterbrain Sam (2003-04 preliminary list)
Skipping Stones Award Sweet Magnolia
Too Young for Yiddish
Going to School in India (honor)
Storytelling World Award First Day Jitters
Scatterbrain Sam (Honor Title)
Don't Say Ain't
(Honor Title)
The Harmonica
(Honor Title)
The Little Green Witch
(Honor Title)
Picasso and Minou (Honor Title)
Subaru/SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Mosquito Bite (nominee)
A Mother’s Journey (nominee)
Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award Uncle Rain Cloud (nominee)
TX Bluebonnet Award Master List Turn of the Century
Mosquito Bite
USBBY/CBC Outstanding International Books Going to School in India
Utah Children's Book Award (nominee) Turn of the Century
Virginia State Reading Association Young Readers Program Master List Dory Story
Volunteer State Book Award (TN) -- Masterlist Paper Lanterns
Washington Post Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award Caroline Arnold
Wisconsin Agriculture in the Classroom Book of the Year Popcorn!
Young Hoosier Award Nominee Counting is for the Birds
Looking Out for Sarah
Harmonica
49th Annual New England Book Show Juvenile Book Award Amelia to Zora
(Book Builders) Yum! Yuck!