Awards in your library

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

• A Christmas Carol in Prose: A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens (2006 Edition)
• Kim by Rudyard Kipling (2006/2008 Edition)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

• Asterix the Gaul by Rene Goscinny (2009, No 540, Age 8 and over)

ALA Best Books for Young Adults

• The Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan (1966)
• The Ra Expeditions by Thor Heyerdahl (1971)
• All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (1974)
• The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins (1975)
• Gnomes by Will Huygen (1977)
• War Poets by Robert Giddings (1988)
• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (1990)
• Saga of Lewis and Clark: Into the Unknown West by Thomas Schmidt (2000)

ALA Notable Children's Book

• Shortcut by David Macaulay (1996)

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• War Poets by Robert Giddings (Poetry, 1999)
• Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie (Biography, 1999)
• War letters: Extraordinary Correspondence From American Wars by Andrew Carroll (History, 2004)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

• All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot ( Feel Good Books, 1998)
• Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley ( If It Weren’t For Them: Heroes, 2004)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

• The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven (2001)

ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Top Ten

• The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven (2001)

Alex Award

• Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (2001)

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

• Mosque by David Macaulay (2004)

Bancroft Prize

• Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner (1989)

BBC's Big Read

• A Christmas Carol in Prose: A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens (Best loved novel, 2003, No 47)
• Kim by Rudyard Kipling (Best loved novel, 2003, No 159)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

• Animal Fables From Aesop by Barbara McClintock (1991)
• How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman (1994)
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (2007)

Best Books selection, Internationale Jugendbibliothek, 1997

• In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae by Linda Granfield

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen (Children's Illus. Honor Book, 2007)

Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year

• How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art by Kathleen Meyer (1989)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (Non-Fiction, 1989)

Caldecott Honor

• Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling C. Holling (1942)
• Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay (1974)
• Castle by David Macaulay (1978)

Canadian Library Association Notable Nonfiction, 2002

• Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion by Linda Granfield

Carnegie Medal

• The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon (1955)

Christopher Award

• Pyramid by David Macaulay (Books for Young People, 1976)

Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards

• A Diplomatic History of the American People by Thomas A. Bailey (Scholarship, Gold, 1940)

Cybils Finalist

• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Poetry, 2007)

Eisner Award nominee

• Willie & Joe: The WWII Years by Bill Mauldin (Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips, 2009)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The Man Who Walked Through Time With Photos Taken en Route by the Author by Colin Fletcher (045)
• The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz (053)

Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award

• The Apple Pie That Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson (2008)

Fletcher Pratt Award

• Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier by Burke Davis (1957)
• Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in the West by Glenn Tucker (1961)
• The Civil War by Harry Hansen (1962)
• The Seven Days: The Emergence Lee by Clifford Dowdey (1964)
• The Gleam of Bayonets: The Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862 by James V. Murfin (1965)
• Grant Takes Command by Bruce Catton (1969)
• Army of the Heartland: The Army of Tennessee, 1861-1862 by Thomas Lawrence Connelly (1971)
• General A. P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior by James I. Jr. Robertson (1987)

Founder's Award

• Antietam: The Photgraphic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day by William A. Frassanito (1978)
• Eye Of The Storm: A Civil War Odyssey by Robert Knox Sneden (1999/2000)

Francis Parkman Prize

• Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner (1989)

Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award

• Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge by Thomas Fleming (2006)

Guardian 1000

• Kim by Rudyard Kipling (Crime)
• Sharpe's Eagle: Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809 by Bernard Cornwell (War and travel)
• Asterix the Gaul by Rene Goscinny (War and travel)
• The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (War and travel)

Honor Book, Canadian Library Association, 1966

• In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae by Linda Granfield

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Just So Stories for Little Children by Rudyard Kipling (1953)
• Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay (1974)
• City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David Macaulay (1975)
• Underground by David Macaulay (1977)
• Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno (1978)
• Castle by David Macaulay (1978)
• Unbuilding by David Macaulay (1981)
• A Farmer's Alphabet by Mary Azarian (1982)
• Mill by David Macaulay (1984)
• The Way Things Work by David Macaulay (1989)
• Shortcut by David Macaulay (1996)

Information Book Award, 1996

• In Flanders Fields: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae by Linda Granfield

Information Book Award, 2002

• Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion by Linda Granfield

James Beard Foundation Award Nominee

• King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking: Delicious Recipes Using Nutritious Whole Grains (Baking and Dessert, 2007)

Jefferson Davis Award

• Autumn of Glory: The Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865 by Thomas Lawrence Connelly (1971)

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

• Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling C. Holling (1962)

Lincoln Prize

• The Civil War: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward (1991)
• For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War by James M. McPherson (1998)

The List 100 Best Scottish Books

• The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner (History, 1988)

Malcolm Bell, Jr., and Muriel Barrow Bell Award

• Andersonville: The Last Depot by William Marvel (1994-1995)

Minnesota Book Awards

• Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford ( History and Biography Winner, 2005)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction: The Board's List

• The Elements of Style by William Jr. Strunk (21)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction: The Reader's List

• The Elements of Style by William Jr. Strunk (75)

The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels

• Kim by Rudyard Kipling (The Board's List, 78)

National Book Award

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer (Nonfiction, 1961)

National Book Award finalist

• Lincoln Finds a General: A Military Study of the Civil War by Kenneth P. Williams (Nonfiction, 1950)
• The Twentieth Maine: A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War by John J. Pullen (Nonfiction, 1958)
• Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1963 by George R. Stewart (Nonfiction, 1960)
• Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner (Nonfiction, 1988)

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist

• Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner (General Nonfiction, 1988)

NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

• Saga of Lewis and Clark: Into the Unknown West by Thomas Schmidt (2000)
• They Came from the Bronx: How the Buffalo Were Saved from Extinction by Neil Waldman (2002)
• A Humble Life: Plain Poems by Linda Oatman High (2002)

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