Honors and Awards for Elizabeti's Doll:
1999 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award • 1999 Minnesota Book Award • 1999 Charlotte Zolotow Award-Highly Commended Title • Finalist-- North Carolina Children's Choice Award • Finalist-- Young Hoosier Book Award • Finalist-- Charlotte Award • 1998 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • 1998 Child Magazine Best Book of the Year • CCBC Choices • Book of the Year Bank Street College Children's Book Committee • Children's Books Mean Business-CBC • ALA Notable Book • Finalist--Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award • Best Book of the Year-New York Family • Starred Review School Library Journal • Pointer-Kirkus Reviews • Starred Review Publisher's Weekly
Mama Elizabeti -- (released May 2000)
2001 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People • Honor Book-Society of School Librarians International • Starred Review School Library Journal • Bank Street College Books of the Year Outstanding Merit • Parent's Choice Fiction Award • Bank Street College Best Books of the Year Outstanding Merit • Starred Review School Library Journal
Elizabeti's School --
Best Books of the Year, Bank Street College • Outstanding Achievement in Children's Literature, Wisconsin State Library Association
Babu's Song-- (released 2003)
Parents' Choice Recommended Award • Storytelling World Award • Children's Book of the Year, Bank Street College Children's Book Committee • Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Master List • 2004 Children's Africana Book Award • Finalist South Carolina Children's book Award
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Babu's Song wins 2004 Children's Africana Book Award