Honors and Awards – Alison Pearce Stevens https://apstevens.com Adventures in nature and science Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:49:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/apstevens.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-site-icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Honors and Awards – Alison Pearce Stevens https://apstevens.com 32 32 79253410 Detective Dogs is a Blueberry Honor Book! https://apstevens.com/detective-dogs-is-a-blueberry-honor-book/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:37:50 +0000 https://apstevens.com/?p=87986

Thrilled to have Evanston Public Library include Detective Dogs in this year’s list of Blueberry Honor Books!

This award recognizes books that foster a love of nature and the environment (the name is a blue-planet play on the Newbery Medal).

You can check out my acceptance video below.

Blue circle encompasses the words "blueberry honor books" with a sprig from a blueberry bush in the middle; some berries are blue, others look like planet Earth. A single blueberry sits to the left and a blueberry-sized planet Earth sits to the right.
]]> 87986 SustainRT honorable mention! https://apstevens.com/sustainrt-honorable-mention/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:02:43 +0000 https://apstevens.com/?p=87703 Honored that the American Library Association’s Sustainability Roundtable (SustainRT) selected Detective Dogs as one of the best sustainability-themed children’s books published in 2025, honorable mention!

Every year, SustainRT curates a list of notable children’s books about nature, conservation, and communities which reflects the roundtable’s mission “To exchange ideas and opportunities regarding sustainability in order to move toward a more equitable, healthy, and economically viable society.”

Sustainability Round Table | American Library Association logo

]]> 87703 Bank Street Best Book! https://apstevens.com/bank-street-best-book/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 19:07:42 +0000 https://apstevens.com/?p=82587 Bank Street College of Education included Animal Climate Heroes in their list of the Best Children’s Books of the Year! The 2025 edition includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2024.

From Bank Street: In choosing books for the annual list, committee members consider literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. Other criteria include credibility of characterization and plot, authenticity of time and place, age suitability, positive treatment of ethnic and religious differences, and the absence of stereotypes.

Animal Climate Heroes in yellow text above four superhero-styled animals: whale, elephant, echidna, and sea otter. They are leaping out from planet Earth.
Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education: The Best Children's Books of the Year 2025 Edition. Books published in 2024.
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