Book Awards & Distinctions
for Melissa Sweet

2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 113 Total Book Awards

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus is on 9 State Lists

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade is on 26 State Lists

Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White
Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White is on 15 State Lists

Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems is on 4 State Lists

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin is on 13 State Lists

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 is on 4 State Lists

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams is on 5 State Lists

How to Read a Book
How to Read a Book is on 2 State Lists

How to Write a Poem
How to Write a Poem is on 2 State Lists

Spike, the Mixed-Up Monster
Spike, the Mixed-Up Monster is on 4 State Lists

Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott is on 1 State List

Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship
Baabwaa and Wooliam: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship is on 3 State Lists

Little Red Writing
Little Red Writing is on 1 State List

Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word

Mrs. Harkness and the Panda
Mrs. Harkness and the Panda is on 5 State Lists

Rubia and the Three Osos
Rubia and the Three Osos is on 1 State List

You Nest Here with Me
You Nest Here with Me is on 2 State Lists

Baby Bear's Chairs

The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon is on 1 State List

Carmine: A Little More Red
Carmine: A Little More Red is on 2 State Lists

Christmas Tree

Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs
Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs is on 4 State Lists

Hanukkah Lights

The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town
The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town is on 1 State List