Title: National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Company: Library of Congress
Location: Washington, D. C. United States
Achievements:
- Inductee, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement (2018)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in 20th Century America, Marquis Who’s Who (2001)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who (1987-2016)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in America: Student Version, Marquis Who’s Who (1991)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in Entertainment, Marquis Who’s Who (1998-1999)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the East, Marquis Who’s Who (2001-2016)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who of American Women, Marquis Who’s Who (1997-2011)
- Named, A Living Legend, Library of Congress (2000)
- Recipient, Laura Ingalls Wilder Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2013)
- Recipient, NSK Neustadt Prize For Children’s Literature (2007)
- Recipient, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2006)
- Recipient, Hans Christian Andersen Award, International Board of Books for Young People (1998)
- Recipient, Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature, Tulsa Public Library, Oklahoma (1993)
- Recipient, New England Book Award (1992)
- Recipient, Regina Medal, Catholic Library Association (1988)
- Recipient, Children’s Literature Award, Keene State College (1987)
- Recipient, Kerlan Award, University of Minnesota (1983)
- Recipient, Scott O’Dell Award for Children’s Literature (1982)
- Recipient, James & Elizabeth Jeffords Award, Everybody Wins! USA (2007)
Designations:
- MRE, Union Theological Seminary
- MA, Presbyterian School Christian Education
- Coursework, Kobe International Japanese Language Academy
- Honorary LittD, King College, Bristol, TN
- AB in English, King College, Summa Cum Laude, Bristol, TN
- DFA, Champlain College
- LHD, Vermont College of Fine Arts
- Honorary DLitt, Presbyterian College
- Honorary LittD, Hope College
- Honorary LittD, Shenandoah College
- Honorary LittD, University of Maryland
- Honorary LittD, Washington & Lee University
- Honorary LittD, St. Mary’s of the Woods
- Honorary LHD, Mount St. Vincent University
- Honorary LHD, Norwich University
- Honorary LHD, Otterbein College
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