Honor Book, New York Herald Tribune World Spring Book Festival, 1971.

Parents Magazine: Favorite Baby Books of All Time August 2006.

International Reading Association / Children’s Book Council (IRA / CBC) Children’s Choice, 1984.

Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selectionīrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (illustrations).

Starred review from Publishers Weekly and Booklistīaby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? (illustrations).

Amazon Best Books of the Month: October 2011.

American Library Association (ALA) Booklist Children’s Editor’s Choices, 1989.

Redbook Magazine’s Top Ten Children’s Books of the Year, 1989.

John Burroughs Nature Book List For Young Readers, The John Burroughs Association, 1989.

Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Awards Certificate of Excellence, 1989.

Jane Addams Children’s Book Honorary Award, 1987.

Child magazine’s Best Children’s Book Awards 2005.

Starred review from School Library Journal 2005.

First Prize for Picture Books, International Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy, 1970.

Silver Medal from the City of Milano, Italy, 1989.

The 1995 David McCord Children’s Literature Citation, Framingham State College + The Nobscot Reading Council of the International Reading Association, 1995.

University of Southern Mississippi Medallion from DeGrumond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattisburg, MS, 1997.

Regina Medal, Catholic Library Association, 1999.

Outstanding Friend of Children, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, 1999.

Japan Picture Book Award, Presented by Mainichi Newspaper for Lifetime Achievement, 2000.

Honorary Degree from College of Our Lady the Elms, Chicopee, MA, 2001.

Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2001.

Honorary Degree from Niagara University, Niagara, NY, 2002.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) from the Association for Library Service to Children, American Library Association, 2003.

Honorary Degree from Western New England College,Springfield, MA, 2004.

McGovern Award in Behavioral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, 2006

The NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education, 2007.

Honorary Degree from Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 2007.

Literature Award presented by the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Indianapolis, IN, 2008

The Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2010.

Great Friend to Kids Awards, Association of Children’s Museums, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013.

Honorary Degree from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 2013.

Honorary Degree from Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2014.Honorary Degree from Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 2015.Honorary Degree from Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 2016.

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