Awards and Accolades

• Awards & Accolades

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Awards and Honors

Newbery Honor Book, ALA, 1984, for Sugaring Time; 

New York Times Best Seller List 2010 for Guardians of Ga’Hoole

National Jewish Book Award, Jewish Welfare Board Book Council, and Sydney Taylor Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries, both 1982, both for The Night Journey; 

Boston Globe/Horn Book Award, 1981, for The Weaver's Gift; 

In 1986, the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work; 

National Jewish Book Award and Notable Books designation, ALA, 1997, for Marven of the Great North Woods; 

Notable Books designation, American Library Association (ALA), 1981, for The Night Journey and The Weaver's Gift; 

Notable Book designation, New York Times, and Best Books for Young Adults designation, ALA,1983, for Beyond the Divide; 

Best Books for Young Adults designation, ALA, 1984, for Prank; 

Notable Books designation, ALA, 1985, for Puppeteer; 

Best Books for Young Adults designation, ALA, 1986, for Pageant; 

Golden Trilobite Award, Paleontological Society, 1990, for Traces of Life: The Origins of Humankind; 

Parenting Reading Magic Award, 1990, for Dinosaur Dig; 

Edgar Award nominee for Best Juvenile Mystery, 1992, for Double Trouble Squared; 

Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award, 1994, for Beyond the Burning Time; 

John Burroughs Award for Outstanding Nature Book for Children, and Editor's Choice designation, Cricket magazine, 1998, for The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy; 

Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children: The Man Who Made Time Travel & John Muir: America's First Environmentalist

Bank Street College of Education Best Books of the Year 2011: Ashes

2006 IRA Teachers' Choice: Broken Song

American Bookseller's Pick of The List, 1997: True North

Library of Congress Notable Book and Parents' Choice Honor Book 1995: The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

Western Heritage Award, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, and Edgar Award nominee, both 1999, both for Alice Rose and Sam. 

ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 1995: Beyond the Burning Time

New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book, 1996: She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!

National Academy of Science, Best Book of The Year, 1994: Monarchs

2011 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature

Maine State Library Katahdin Award for lifetime achievement in children’s’ literature: 2010

Endorsed by Amnesty International UK for contributing to a better understanding of human rights and the values that underpin them: The Extra