Awards in your library

Summary: 23 Awards.

Agatha Award

• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (First Novel, 2003)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay (Science & Technology, 2009)

ALA Stonewall Book Award Nominee

• Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad (P.S.) by Bob Morris (Nonfiction, 2009)

Alex Award

• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (2004)

Amazon's Best Books of the Month: June 2009

• Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival by Norman Ollestad

Amazon's Best Books of the Year: 2009

• Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival by Norman Ollestad (#6)

Anthony Award Nominee

• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (First Novel, 2004)

Barry Award nominee

• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (First Novel, 2004)

Books for a Better Life Award

• Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life by Jenna Woginrich (2008)

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

• Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay (Nonfiction, Honor, 2009)

Edgar Award Nominee

• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (Novel, 2004)

Governor General's Literary Award

• The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant (Non-fiction, 2005)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay (2008)

IPPY

• A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity by William Coperthwaite (Inspirational/Spiritual, 2004)

John Burroughs Medal

• Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds by Bernd Heinrich (2000)

Kiriyama Prize Finalist

• The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant (Nonfiction, 2006)

Macavity Award

• Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (First Novel, 2004)

Nautilus Book Award

• A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity by William Coperthwaite (Ecology and Environment, 2004)
• New Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way, Alternative Approaches for Women 30-90 by Susan S. Weed (Health and Healing, 2003)

New York Times bestseller

• Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard (Fiction, 1996)
• Odd Hours by Dean Koontz (Fiction, 2008)
• The Kabul Beauty School: The Art of Friendship and Freedom by Deborah Rodriguez (Nonfiction, 2007)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin's Lost Notebooks by Lyanda Lynn Haupt (2006)
• It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff by Peter Walsh (2007)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

• Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay (2008)

Starbucks book selection

• Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival by Norman Ollestad (2009)

Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize

• The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant (2006)