COOK-A-DOODLE-DO AWARDS
2001 Texas Bluebonnet Award
2000-2001 Florida Children’s Book Honor Award
Nominated for 2002 California Young Reader Medal
Also nominated for state book awards in: Nebraska, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming, North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, Georgia, Maryland, Colorado
2000 Storytelling World Honor Award
ABA’s Pick of the Lists
One of NY Library’s 100 Books for Reading and Sharing
2000 Children’s Booksellers Choice Award
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book
Children’s Book of the Month Club Main Selection
”A boisterous romp.”
Publishers Weekly
”Part careful recipe, part wild farce this gloriously illustrated picture book brings the farmyard into the kitchen with parody and puns and nonsense slapstick that kids will love.”
Booklist
AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON AWARDS
ALA 2002 Notable Book
2004 California Young Reader Medal
Colorado Book Award 2002
Nest Literary Classics
Irma S. & James H. Black Honor Book for 2001
Child Magazine’s “Best Books of the Year for 2001”
One of NY Library’s 100 Books for Reading and Sharing
Children’s Book of the Month Club
2002-3 Texas Bluebonnet Master List
Also nominated for state book awards in 15 states
Featured on Good Morning America
”Kids will gobble this up.”
Publishers Weekly
”Required reading for all Jacks and Jills.”
Kirkus
“ . . . an inventive, amusing farce that blends elements of Gilbert and Sullivan with Monty Python and Mel Brooks.”
The Horn Book
THE GREAT FUZZ FRENZY AWARDS
- New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the 2006 Wanda Gág Book Award (Minnesota). This winning picture book received perfect scores from all its readers and listeners! The story appealed to first through fourth graders who loved the prairie dog characters and didn’t want the story to end.
2006 Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts
2007 Colorado Children's Book Award
2007 North Dakota Flicker Tail Award
2008 Vermont Red Clover Award
2008 Maine Chickadee Award
2008 Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award
2008 Nebraska Golden Sower Award
2008 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award
2008 Maryland Black-eyed Susan Award
2008 Montana Treasure State Picture Book Award
2008-9 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
Currently nominated for several more state book awards
”A wonderful addition for storyhours, this title will be requested again and again.”
School Library Journal
JACKALOPE AWARDS
2004 Storytelling World Award
2004 IRA Children’s Choice Award
2004 Colorado Children's Book Award Nominee
2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award master list
HELP ME, MR. MUTT AWARDS
New York Times Best Seller
2010 Texas Bluebonnet Award
2010 Florida Children’s Book Award
Named One of Time Magazine’s Ten Best Children’s Books of 2008
Nominated for several state book awards
” . . . self-described “Canine Counselor” Mr. Mutt fires off savvy solutions for correspondents with a string of doggy dilemmas, from enforced diets and silly costumes to humans who’d rather watch TV than play “fetch.” Reminding readers (two-legged ones too, perchance) that it’s entirely natural for dogs to bark, play and maybe get a little rank, and also that “it’s a dog-eat-treat world,” Mr. Mutt suggests coping strategies (“If your people get you in the tub, start shaking”), many of which involve some harassment of the local felines. That last draws counterfire from the Counselor’s own cat and, ultimately, a brief coup—depicted in the gleefully disorderly watercolors by a view of the chubby writer tied to his own desk chair with real yarn—that muzzles Mr. Mutt until he’s rescued by a charging squad of loyal fans. A host of hilarious dog portraits provide further treats. Three licks (“People call it kisses. We call it dessert.”) for the Stevens sisters.
Kirkus