Category Archives: Awards

Bank Street honors for W&P clients


THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA by Mo Willems and TREE LADY, illustrated by Jill McElmurry, are both semi-finalists for the Irma Black Award through Bank Street College.  The Irma Black Award honors “a book in which text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to […]

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THE TREE LADY on Green Earth Book Award shortlist!


THE TREE LADY, illustrated by Jill McElmurry, has been named to the shortlist for the 2014 Green Earth Book Awards! http://www.natgen.org/green-earth-book-awards/  

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ALSC Notable Books 2014


Many W&P clients were honored with places on the ALA/ALSC Notable Children’s Books list. Congratulations to Aaron Becker, Bryan Collier, Angela Dominguez, LeUyen Pham, and Mo Willems! http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb  

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A great showing at the ALA Youth Media Awards!


CONGRATULATIONS to the Wernick & Pratt clients whose books were honored with ALA Youth Media Awards this year! Aaron Becker, JOURNEY: 2014 Caldecott Honor Book Bryan Collier, KNOCK KNOCK: MY FATHER’S DREAM FOR ME: 2014 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Angela Dominguez, MARIA HAD A LITTLE LLAMA: 2014 Pure Belpre […]

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NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book


THE BOY WHO LOVED MATH, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, was named an Orbis Pictus Honor Book by the National Council of Teachers of English! http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus  

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Scott O’Dell Award


BO AT BALLARD CREEK, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, won the 2014 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction! http://www.hbook.com/2014/01/blogs/read-roger/2014-scott-odell-award-historical-fiction/  

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