Awards and Honors
Children’s books:
2010 - New York Times: 10 Best Illustrated Books for Busing Brewster
2010 - Amazon.com 12 Best Children’s Books of the Decade for As Good As Anybody
2009 - Sydney Taylor Award - Gold Medal - Association of Jewish Librarians for As Good As Anybody
2009 - Sydney Taylor Award - Silver Medal - Association of Jewish Librarians for A is for Abraham
2009 - Skipping Stones Multicultural Honor Award for As Good As Anybody
2009 - Massachusetts Book Award Finalist As Good As Anybody
2008 - National Jewish Book Award Finalist As Good As Anybody
2007 - Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2007 for Tuttle’s Red Barn
2006 - National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Across the Alley
2006 - Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Happy Feet
2003 - Skipping Stones magazine Multicultural Honor Award for Too Young for Yiddish
1999 - Jewish Book Council Book of the Month designation for Grandpa's Gamble
1996 - Children's Book Committee Book of the Year for Animals That Ought to Be
1993 - New Yorker Best Book designation, Did You Say Ghosts
Poetry Books:
Felix Pollack Prize in Poetry; New Letters Literary Award; Pablo Neruda Prize finalist; ForeWard Best Poetry Book Award 2006 for Battle and Lullabies.
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Famous quotes containing the word honors:
“Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)