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2010

Bedtime Bunnies: School Library Journal, Starred Review

2008

Spuds: The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Recommended
Spuds: Junior Library Guild, Premiere Selection Fall 2008
Spuds: Booklist, Starred Review
Spuds: Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review

2007

The Cats in Krasinski Square: 2006-2007 California Young Readers Medal, Picture Books for Older Readers

2006

The Cats in Krasinski Square: Bologna Ragazzi Award 2006 in Fiction, Mention

2005

The Cats in Krasinski Square: The Koret Jewish Book Award
The Cats in Krasinski Square: A Sydney Taylor Honor Book

2004

The Cats in Krasinski Square: Children's Book Sense Picks, Winter 2004-2005
The Cats in Krasinski Square: Best Children's Books, 2004, Publisher's Weekly
The Cats in Krasinski Square: 2004 Parent's Choice Gold Award
The Cats in Krasinski Square: 2004 Editor's Choice, Kirkus Reviews
The Cats in Krasinski Square: 'One Hundred Books For Reading And Sharing, 2004,' The New York Public Library
The Cats in Krasinski Square: 'The Original Art,' The Society of Illustrators, New York, New York
The Cats in Krasinski Square: Starred Review, Publisher's Weekly
The Cats in Krasinski Square: Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews
The Cats in Krasinski Square: Starred Review, Booklist

2002

Is My Friend At Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales: Illustrators 44, The Society of Illustrators 44th Annual Exhibition Of American Illustration
Is My Friend At Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales: 2002 Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award, Nominee, Kansas Reading Association
Is My Friend At Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales: Children’s Books of Distinction 2002, Riverbank Review
Holly’s Christmas Eve: School Library Journal, Starred Review

2001

Is My Friend At Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales: Notable Books for Children 2001, Smithsonian Magazine
Is My Friend At Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales: The Horn Book Magazine, Starred Review
Is My Friend At Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales: Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

1999

Love’s A Sweet: “The Original Art,” The Society of Illustrators, New York

1998

Exhibition: Opening of “The Wendy Watson Wall”, a permanent exhibition, part of the Mazza Museum at The University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio

1997

Exhibition: “Myth, Magic and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children’s Book Illustrations,” The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware

1996

Exhibition: “Myth, Magic and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children’s Book Illustrations,” The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Exhibition: “Myth, Magic and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children’s Book Illustrations,” Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

1995

Exhibition: Vermont Department of Libraries Exhibition, Governor’s Office, Montpelier, Vermont
Exhibition: “The Art of Children’s Book Illustration,” AVA Gallery, Lebanon, New Hampshire

1994

Exhibition: “Once Upon A Page: Mazza Centennial Collection at the Wellington School,” Columbus, Ohio
Exhibition: “Magic Image: Vermont Picture Book Illustrators,” Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont
Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night: “The Original Art,” The Society of Illustrators, New York, New York

1993

Exhibition: “This Wondrous World: Children’s Book Illustration in New England,” Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut
Exhibition: “Out of These Hills,” Green Mountain Art Gallery, Bradford, Vermont

1992

Exhibition: “Imagination Celebration: An Exhibition of Children’s Book Illustrations, Puppets, Marionettes, Masks, Toys and Robotics,” Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, Vermont
Exhibition: “Picture This - Imagine That: The Art of Children’s Books,” Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Massachusetts

1991

The Night Before Christmas: Children’s Books Mean Business, American Booksellers’ Association/Children’s Book Council
Wendy Watson’s Frog Went A-Courting: Children’s Books Mean Business, American Booksellers’ Association/Children’s Book Council
Wendy Watson’s Mother Goose: Children’s Books Mean Business, American Booksellers’ Association/Children’s Book Council
Exhibition: “Attic to Zany: Art in Children’s Books,” Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, Michigan
Exhibition: “Women Illustrators in New England,” Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1990

The Night Before Christmas: “The Original Art,” The Society of Illustrators, New York, New York

1989

Exhibition: “Illustration and Children,” Library Arts Center, Newport, New Hampshire
Exhibition: Solo Show, The Bush Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts

1987

Doctor Coyote, A Native American Aesops’s Fables: Best Books of the Year, State of Wisconsin Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Doctor Coyote, A Native American Aesop’s Fables: Recommended, Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Doctor Coyote, A Native American Aesop’s Fables: Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, Children’s Book Council

1984

Applebet, an ABC: 1983-1984 Reading Circle Catalogue, Kansas State Reading Circle
I Love My Baby Sister: Children’s Books Mean Business, American Booksellers’ Association/Children’s Book Council
Exhibition: Solo Show, The Bush Galleries, Norwich, Vermont
Exhibition: “...And Peace Attend Thee... A Communion of Images of Peace by Artists of Books for Children,” City Gallery, New York, New York

1983

Catch Me & Kiss Me & Say It Again: “Books for the Youngest Child,” Booklist
The Biggest, Meanest, Ugliest Dog in the Whole Wide World: Children’s Choices for 1983, Children’s Book Council/International Reading Association
Father Fox’s Feast of Songs: School Library Journal, Starred Review

1982

Applebet, an ABC: Children’s Books 1982: A List of Books for Preschool through Junior High School Age, Library of Congress
Applebet, an ABC: A Christmas Grab Bag, Newsweek
Winding Valley Farm: Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, Children’s Book Council
First Farm in the Valley: Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, Children’s Book Council

1981

Jamie’s Story: Pick of the Fall 1981 List, American Bookseller
Catch Me & Kiss Me & Say It Again: “The Biennial of Illustration,” (BIB) Bratislava, Yugoslavia
Catch Me & Kiss Me & Say It Again: “The Original Art,” The Master Eagle Gallery, New York, New York

1980

Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: New and Noteworthy Paperbacks, New York Times

1978

Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: “Best of the Best:” School Library Journal’s Best Books 1966-1978
Has Winter Come?: Booklist, Starred Review
Catch Me & Kiss Me & Say It Again: School Library Journal, Starred Review

1977

Exhibition: Solo Show, “Pictures from Vinegar Lane,” Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Binary Numbers: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children, National Science Teacher’s Association/ Children’s Book Council

1976

Lollipop: Notable Children’s Books of the Year, American Library Association
Maps, Tracks, and the Bridges of Konigsberg: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children, National Science Teacher’s Association/ Children’s Book Council

1975

Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: American Children’s Books for Exhibit in Japan, American Library Association/ Children’s Book Council

1974

Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Brooklyn Art Books for Children Citation, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library
Sleep is for Everyone: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children, National Science Teacher’s Association /Children’s Book Council

1973

Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: “The Biennial of Illustration,” (BIB) Bratislava, Yugoslavia

1972

Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: 25 Salable Children’s Books of the Seventies, Children’s Book Council/Saturday Review
Open the Door and See All the People: Best Books of the Year, New York Times
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Christmas Gift Books for Children, Family Circle
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Nominee, The National Book Award
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Outstanding Books of the Year for Children, New York Times
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Children’s Book Showcase, Children’s Book Council
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: “The Mental Picture,” American Institute of Graphic Arts

1971

Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Best Books of 1971, Child Study Association of America
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Best Books of 1971, New York Times
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Best Books of 1971, School Library Journal
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Best Books of the Year, American Library Association
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Notable Children’s Books of the Year, American Library Association
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: Read-In: Children’s Books for Holiday Giving and Year-Round Pleasure, Milwaukee Public Library Youth Service, 1971
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes: A Selection of Noteworthy Titles, New York Times
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes:: Children’s Book Show, American Institute of Graphic Arts

1969

When Noodlehead Went to the Fair: Graphic Arts Award Competition, Printing Industries of America

1968

Fisherman Lullabies: Children’s Book Show, American Institute of Graphic Arts





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