{"id":101,"date":"2011-07-25T19:18:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annmcgovern.com\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2012-01-30T21:12:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T21:12:59","slug":"awards-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annmcgovern.com\/?page_id=101","title":{"rendered":"Awards & Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Click on the pictures to enlarge.<\/span><\/p>\n

STONE SOUP<\/a>\u00a0was selected for the Primary Education Project<\/strong>\u00a0in Nigeria.<\/div>\n

The Laura Parsons Pratt Award from the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies<\/strong>.\u00a0This award was given to me for my life’s work of writing books and supporting libraries. I was delighted to receive this prestigious honor from an organization that helps children in many ways.<\/p>\n

Earthworm Award<\/strong> for the book that “does the most to encourage environmental awareness and sensitivity in children.” Awarded\u00a0for LITTLE WHALE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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LITTLE WHALE<\/p><\/div>\n

First woman awarded\u00a0Author of the Year<\/strong> from Scholastic’s Lucky Book Club<\/p>\n

President Clinton awarded me the Arkansas Traveler Award<\/strong> when he was Governor.<\/p>\n

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Me (on the right) with Bill Clinton when he was Governor of Arkansas.<\/p><\/div>\n

The National Science Teachers Association and The Children’s Book Council named these four books “Outstanding Science Books for Children”:<\/p>\n

NIGHT DIVE<\/a><\/p>\n

SHARKS<\/a><\/p>\n

SHARK LADY: TRUE ADVENTURES OF EUGENIE CLARK<\/a><\/p>\n

SWIMMING WITH SEA LIONS AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Be careful. Birds are so tame in the Galapagos that they might take your hair to make a nest.<\/p><\/div>\n

More than 20 of my books have been nominated for state awards, voted by the children of those states.<\/p>\n

SCRAM, KID<\/a> won the Horn Book Award<\/strong> and was included on “The Best of the Fall Season” list.<\/p>\n

NICHOLAS BENTLEY STONINGPOT III<\/a> was listed in The Best and the Brightest of the Year<\/strong> by the Chicago Sun-Times. <\/em>A “Reading Rainbow” television selection.<\/p>\n

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Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III, illustrated by Tomie de Paola<\/p><\/div>\n

NIGHT DIVE<\/a> was named\u00a0Booklist’s “Editor’s Choice.”<\/p>\n

LITTLE WOLF<\/a> was selected by the American Humane Association.<\/p>\n

STONE SOUP<\/a> was often read on Captain Kangaroo’s TV show<\/p>\n

HALF A KINGDOM<\/a> was named a “notable children’s book in the field of social studies,” chosen for the Reading Rainbow television program, and was a Junior Literary Guild selection.<\/p>\n

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Half a Kingdom, illustrated by Nola Langner<\/p><\/div>\n

LADY IN THE BOX<\/a> was chosen for Findley, Ohio’s Community Read.<\/em> It won the Publisher’s Weekly <\/em>CUFFIE Award<\/strong> for “Best Treatment of a Social Issue.”<\/p>\n

SHARK LADY<\/a> was given the Sequoyah Children’s Book Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Muhlenberg Public Library in New York City named their Children\u2019s Room \u201cThe Ann McGovern Reading Room\u201d<\/strong> What an honor that is!<\/p>\n

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I was asked to start the renovations at the library!<\/p><\/div>\n

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2010 Herman Melville Literary Award<\/strong>, given for “major contributions to the world of maritime literature.”<\/p>\n

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The Ann McGovern Library at Edwin Gould Foundation<\/strong> was dedicated “to honor Ann McGovern, acclaimed author, humanitarian and world traveler. ”<\/p>\n

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