Awards/Honors

Apprentice Shop Books has earned many prestigious awards and honors for its historic non-fiction titles. Learn what reading experts and leaders have to say about our biographical books.

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards
from the Independent Publisher

2011 Bronze Medal Winner for Best Illustrator
John Greenleaf Whittier's The Barefoot Boy
Adapted and Illustrated by Lisa Greenleaf

http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1483

Creating books that inspire our children to read, to learn, and to dream is an extremely important task. The Moonbeam Awards were conceived to reward those efforts.

National Book Festival Sponsored by the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

2009 - To My Countrywomen: The Life of Sarah Josepha Hale
Represented New Hampshire at the Pavilion of the States.
See http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest09/index.html for more details about the festival.

2008 - Women of Granite: 25 New Hampshire Women You Should Know
Represented New Hampshire at the Pavilion of the States.

http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest09/  •   http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/

The festival, a celebration of the joy of reading for all ages, is sponsored by the Library of Congress each year. The Pavilion of the States salutes the literary traditions of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories.

National Council on the Social Studies

1994 - Abenaki Captive
Pick for Notable Tradebooks for Young People

http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/notable

Books selected for this bibliography are written primarily for children in grades K-8. The committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional topic, are easily readable and of high literary quality, and have a pleasing format and, when appropriate, illustrations that enrich the text.

Outstanding Work of Children’s Literature
by the New Hampshire Writers’ Project

1994 Winner - Abenaki Captive

Awards, except Lifetime Achievement, are given for an outstanding book that is written by a New Hampshire resident or native or that deals with subject matter deemed by the judges to be inherently connected to New Hampshire.

 
Great Stone Face Book Award Nominee

http://nhlibrarians.org/chilis/gsf/

Sponsored by Children’s Librarians of New Hampshire, the Great Stone Face Book Award is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th through 6th graders throughout the state.