Awards
The first two books of the Anatole trilogy won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1977 and 1979. The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education from 1958 to 1979 annually named several "all time" books that belong on the same shelf as Alice in Wonderland.
- Devins Award for Poetry, 1967
- O. Henry Award, 1970
- Newbery Medal, 1982
- National Endowment for the Arts, Literature Fellowship, 1976 and 1987
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