Barbara M. Joosse - Awards

Awards

• Golden Kite Honor Book for Picture Book Text, 2002
• Ten Best Illustrated Picture Books 2002, New York Times
• Honored by the Smithsonian Institution, November, 2002

Mama, Do You Love Me?

• sold over 1.5 million copies
• translated into 25 languages
• Golden Kite Award, 1991
• American Booksellers “Pick of the List,” 1992
• California Children’s Book Award, 1992
• Publishers Weekly “Ten Best Books, 1991”
• Children’s Book of the Month Club, main selection
• Parents, Best Book of the Year
• A Storytime book
• School Library Journal, starred review
• Nebraska “Golden Sower Award” nominee

I Love You the Purplest

• Sold over 400,000 copies (not including book clubs)
• ABC “Pick of the List”
• Association of Booksellers for Children, “Best of ‘97”
• Parents, “Best Books of the Year,” 1996
• Child Magazine, “Best of ‘96”
• Council for Wisconsin Writers, Archer Eckblad Award
• Junior Library Guild Selection

Wild Willie and King Kyle, Detectives

• Austrian Honor Book

Ghost Trap

• Parents’ Guide to Children’s Media, Outstanding Achievement
• Greater Kansas City Association of School Librarians “K-3 Favorite Book”

Ghost Wings

• Starred “Book of Merit,” Five Owls Journal, August, 2001
• Parents’ Choice 2001 Recommended Winner
• Kirkus, starred review
• Parents Magazine, “Best of 2001”
• New York Times review, October 2001
• Society of Illustrators, “The Original Art 2001”
• Five Owls, starred review

Houseful of Christmas

• Starred review, Publisher’s Weekly, September 2001
• CCBC Choices, 2001

Lewis and Papa: Adventure on the Santa Fe Trail

• Show Me Readers Award, Master List
• Nominee, Children’s Crown Award
• Indiana Dept. of Education’s Read Aloud List
• CCBC Choices
• Nevada Young Reader’s Award

Stars in the Darkness

• Golden Kite Honor Book for Picture Book Text, 2004, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
• Top Ten Best Illustrated Books, 2002, New York Times, 2004
• Bookbuilders West Book Show, Certificate of Excellence
• “Living the Dream” book award, 2002

Nugget and Darling

• Wisconsin Library Association, Outstanding Achievement

Dinah’s Mad, Bad Wishes

• CBC / IRA Children’s Choices, 1990

Hot City

• Best Picture Book, Council for Wisconsin Writers, 2004
• Best of 2005, Chicago Libraries
• School Library Journal, starred, “Book of the Week”
• CCBC Choices
• Washington Post, “Best Books of 2004”
• Read-On Wisconsin, February 2006

Snow Day

• Scholastic Book Club (2010)

Nikolai, the Only Bear

• Kirkus, starred review

Papa, Do You Love Me?

• “Top Book of the Season,” New York Library Association
• Best of 2005, Chicago Libraries
• Kirkus, starred review
• Read-On, Wisconsin
• ABC Best Books for Children, 2005
• South Carolina Picture Book Award 2007-8, Nominee

Wind-Wild Dog

• CCBC Choices
• Kansas State Reading Circle, Recommended List 2007
• CCBC Book of the Week 12/13/06

Dead Guys Talk

• Golden Archer Award Nominee, 2007-8

Sleepover at Gramma’s House

• Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
• Book List, starred review
• Book List, 2010 Editor’s Choice
• Smithsonian Magazine’s 2010 Notable Books for Children

ROAWR!

• School Library Journal, starred review