Américas Award, 2007 for
Josias, Hold the Book by Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren
Presented by the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the Library of Congress
Growing Good Kids Award, 2007 for
Josias, Hold the Book by Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren
Named one of Bank Street College of Education’s
Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2007 for
Josias, Hold the Book by Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren
Named one of Eastern Washington University’s
Excellent 2006 Choices of Trade Books for Grades K-9 for
Josias, Hold the Book by Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren
Children’s Africana Book Award, 2003 for
Fatuma’s New Cloth by Leslie Bulion
Presented by the African Studies Association
