We're so proud of our EMLA authors and the incredible books they write! Here are a few awards some of our authors have received over the past year:

For Chris Barton:

• The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch - Library of Congress's 2015 52 Great Reads
• The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch - New York Public Library 100 Notable Books
• Attack! Boss! Cheat Code! A Gamer's Alphabet - 2014 Writers' League of Texas Book Award Finalist

For Jennifer Chambliss Bertman:

• Book Scavenger - Amazon Best Books of 2015
• Book Scavenger - Summer 2015 Kids’ Indie Next List

For Elizabeth Bluemle: 

• Tap Tap Boom Boom - 2014 ABC Best Books Catalog
• Tap Tap Boom Boom - 2015 Bank Street College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year
• Tap Tap Boom Boom - 2015 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book

For Melanie Crowder:

• A Nearer Moon - Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2015
• A Nearer Moon - New York Public Library 100 Notable Books
• Audacity - 2015 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee
• Audacity - ALA Notable Children’s Books Nominees — Summer 2015
• Audacity - New York Public Library Best Books for Teens

For Tara Dairman:

• All Four Stars - 2015 Crystal Kite Winner
• All Four Stars - 2015 KNEA Reading Circle Catalog
• All Four Stars - MASL's 2016-2017 Readers Award Preliminary Nomination

For Clare Dunkle and Elena Dunkle:

• Elena Vanishing - 2016 Tayshas High School Reading List

For Corinne Duyvis:

• Otherbound - Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction Winner
• Otherbound - Bisexual Book Award for Young Adult Fiction Nominee
• Otherbound - James Tiptree, Jr. Award Long List

For Jill Esbaum:

• I Am Cow, Hear Me Moo - 2015  CCBC Choices list
• I Am Cow, Hear Me Moo - 2015 Crystal Kite Winner
• I Am Cow, Hear Me Moo - 2015 White Ravens List
• I Am Cow, Hear Me Moo - 2016-2017 Nebraska Golden Sower Award nominee

For Amy Finnegan:

• Not in the Script - 2014 Whitney Finalist

For K.A. Holt:

• House Arrest - 2016 Spirit of Texas Reading Program (SPOT) Middle School List
• Rhyme Schemer - 2014 Writers' League of Texas Book Award Finalist
• Rhyme Schemer - 2015 Bank Street College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year, with Outstanding Merit 

For Lynda Mullaly Hunt:

• Fish in a Tree - ALA Notable Children’s Books Nominees — Summer 2015
• Fish in a Tree - Amazon Best Books of 2015
• Fish in a Tree - Eight weeks on the NYT Bestseller List!
• One for the Murphys - 2013 – 2014 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award
• One for the Murphys - 2014-2015 MASL Readers Awards Final Nominees
• One for the Murphys - 2014-2015 South Carolina Junior Book Award
• One for the Murphys – 2015-16 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominees
• One for the Murphys - Virginia Readers’ Choice Award 2014-2015 Winner
• One for the Murphys - 2015 Nutmeg Book Award Teen Nominees

For Penny Parker Klostermann:

• There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight - 2015-2016 Sunshine State Young Readers Award Jr.
• There Was an Old Dragon who Swallowed a Knight – RhyPiBoMo 2015 Best in Rhyme

For Robin LaFevers:

• Mortal Heart - 2014 ABC Best Books Catalog
• Mortal Heart - Booklist's Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth: 2015

For Nancy Tupper Ling:

• Double Happiness - Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2015

For Susan Lynn Meyer:

• New Shoes – Nominated for the 47th Annual NAACP Image Awards in the 'Oustanding Literary Work – Children' category.
• New Shoes - NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor Book
• New Shoes - Summer 2015 ALA Notable Nominee

For Pat Zietlow Miller:

• Sophie's Squash -  2015-16 South Dakota Children's Book Awards Nominee

For Peter Millett:

• The Anzac Puppy - NZ Children's Choice Picture Book of the Year Award
  

For Jeannie Mobley:

• Searching for Silverheels - 2015 Amelia Bloomer Project List
• Searching for Silverheels - 2015 Colorado Book Awards Finalist
• Searching for Silverheels - 2015 WILLA Literary Award

For Jennifer A. Nielsen:

• The False Prince - 2015 California Young Reader Medal Winner
• The False Prince - 2013 – 2014 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award
• The False Prince - 2015 Intermediate Sequoyah Award
• The False Prince - 2015 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award
• The False Prince - 2014-2015 MASL Readers Awards Final Nominees
• The Shadow Throne - 2014 Whitney Finalist
• The Shadow Throne - 2015 YALSA Teens Top Ten - #1

For A. J. Paquette:

• Rules for Ghosting - 2015-2016 South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee

For Trent Reedy:

• Burning Nation - 2015 YALSA Amazing Audiobooks Nominations
• Burning Nation - 2015 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee
• Divided We Fall - 2015 - 2016 Arkansas Teen Book Award Nominee
• Divided We Fall - MASL's 2016-2017 Readers Award Preliminary Nomination
• If You're Reading This... - 2015 Just One More Page! - Washington State Reading Association Children's Literature Selection
• If You're Reading This... - 2015 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

For Laura Resau:

• The Lightning Queen - New York Public Library 100 Notable Books

For Joanne Rocklin: 

• The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook - 2013 – 2014 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award
• The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook - 2014-2015 MASL Readers Awards Final Nominees
• Fleabrain Loves Franny - 2015 Bank Street College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year, with Outstanding Merit
• Fleabrain Loves Franny - 2015 Sydney Taylor Honor Award

For Adam Shaughnessy:

• The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB - Autumn 2015 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
• The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB - 2015 BEA Buzz Title

For Anna Staniszewski:

• Dirt Diary - 2017 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice
• I'm With Cupid - Summer 2015 Kids' Indie Next List

For Tamara Ellis Smith:

• Another Kind of Hurricane - Summer 2015 Kids’ Indie Next List

For Laurie Ann Thompson:

• Be A Changemaker - 2014 Cybils finalist
• Be A Changemaker - 2015 COVR Book of the Year
• Be A Changemaker - 2015 Crystal Kite Winner
• Be A Changemaker - 2015 Moonbeam Awards Gold Medal
• Be A Changemaker - Parents' Choice Recommended Seal
• Emmanuel's Dream - ALA Notable Children’s Books Nominees — Summer 2015
• Emmanuel's Dream - 2015 EUREKA! Silver Awardee

For Deborah Underwood:

• Bad Bye, Goodbye - 2015 Bank Street College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year, with Outstanding Merit
• Here Comes the Easter Cat - 2015 Bank Street College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year
• Here Comes the Easter Cat - 2015 WLA Outstanding Achievement
• Here Comes Santa Cat - 2015 Bank Street College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year
• Interstellar Cinderella – NPR’s Best Books of 2015
• Interstellar Cinderella – RhyPiBoMo 2015 Best in Rhyme Honor Book

For Susan Vaught:

• Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy - ALA Notable Children’s Books Nominee

For Audrey Vernick:

• Brothers at Bat - 2015 California Young Reader Medal Winner
• Screaming at the Ump - MASL's 2016-2017 Readers Award Preliminary Nomination

For Conrad Wesselhoeft:

• Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly - 2014 Reading the West Award
• Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly - MASL's 2016-2017 Readers Award Preliminary Nomination

For Dana Walrath:

• Like Water on Stone - 2015 Bank Street College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year, with Outstanding Merit
• Like Water on Stone - 2015 Notable Books for a Global Society (NBGS) Award
• Like Water on Stone - 2015 Vermont Book Award Finalist