Awards in your library

Summary: 26 Awards.

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

• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni (2009, Ages 3↑)

An ALA Notable Children's Book

• Swimmy (Knopf Children's Paperbacks) by Leo Lionni

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound

• The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio (Science & Technology, 2004)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Social Sciences, 2009)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Social Sciences, 2009)

Andersen - Il Mondo dell'Infanzia

• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni (Superpremio, 2001)

Book Sense Book of the Year

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt ( Adult Nonfiction Winner, 2006)

Books for a Better Life Award

• My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor (2008)

Caldecott Honor

• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (1961)
• Swimmy (Knopf Children's Paperbacks) by Leo Lionni (1964)
• Frederick by Leo Lionni (1968)
• Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse: (Reissue; Caldecott Honor Book) by Leo Lionni (1970)

Christopher Award

• Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse: (Reissue; Caldecott Honor Book) by Leo Lionni (Books for Young People, 1970)

Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

• The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battutah (078)

Fortune's 75 The Smartest Books We Know

• Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Investing)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Strategy)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book

• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (1961)

International Pythagoras Prize

• The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio

Kiriyama Prize

• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2007)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

• In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind by Eric Kandel (Science and Technology, 2006)

Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist

• My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor (Current Interest, 2008)

New York Times Best Books of the Year

• The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks (1986)

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year

• Swimmy (Knopf Children's Paperbacks) by Leo Lionni

New York Times bestseller

• The Road Ahead: Completely Revised and Up-to-Date by Bill Gates (Nonfiction, 1995)
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2000)
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2005)
• On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt (Nonfiction, 2005)
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (Nonfiction, 2006)
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Nonfiction, 2008)
• My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor (Nonfiction, 2008)

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

• How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard (Non-Fiction, 2007)

NPR's Complete Holiday Book Recommendations

• How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard (2007)

Peano Prize

• The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio

Quill Award

• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt (Business, 2005)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books

• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (General, 2007)

Royal Society Prize for Science Books Shortlist

• In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind by Eric Kandel (General, 2007)

The Telegraph's 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library

• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (2008)

Time Magazine's Best Books of the Year

• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (Non-fiction (10), 2008)