AWARDS/HONORS

 

RICA BAPTISTA - THE BOX OF POSSIBILITIES

• Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

RICA BAPTISTA - A WEEK OF SHENANIGANS

• Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

• Starred Review - School Library Journal

RICA BAPTISTA - LLAMAS, IGUANAS, AND MY VERY BEST FRIEND

• Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

• Boston Authors Club Julia Howe Award for Young Readers

• 2022 Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Titles List - ‘Top Pick - Best of the Best’

 

TIME FOR BED, OLD HOUSE

• NAACP Image Award Nominee, 2022

• Four starred reviews

  • Kirkus Reviews

  • Publishers Weekly

  • School Library Journal

  • The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

• Best Books Lists

  • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year,  List 2021

  • Bulletin for the Center of Children’s Books 2021 Blue Ribbons list

  • 2022 ALSC Notable Children's Books list

  • Bookstagang Best of 2021 award winner, in the category of *Best Future Classic Picture Books of 2021*.

  • Bank Street College of Education’s 2022 Best Children’s Books of the year

• State Lists

  • Arkansas - Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, 2023-2024, Grades K-3

  • Michigan

    • MISelf in Books, 2022, Preschool - First Grade 

    • Mitten Award, 2022, for Grades K-5

  • Nebraska - Golden Sower Award, 2023-2024 -- Picture Book, Grades K-3

 

SEASIDE DREAM

• Lee and Low New Voices Honor Award