Cristina Kessler - Awards and Special Recognitions

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ONE NIGHT – A STORY FROM THE DESERT / MUHAMAD’S DESERT NIGHT

A Few Good Books of the Year, 1995, Book Link
Best Books of 1995 list, Bank Street College

ALL THE KING’S ANIMALS – THE RETURN OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TO SWAZILAND

1996 New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age list
Skipping Stones Honor Award, Nature and Ecology books, 1996
Parent Council Ltd. Title
CORE Knowledge Resource Guide

JUBELA

2002 Peace Corps Writer’s Award for Best Children’s Writing
The ASPCA “Henry Bergh Honor Award” 2001
“Gold Medal Award” Oppenheimer Portfolio 2001
“Pick of the Lists” American Booksellers Spring '01
Junior Library Guild Selection
Nest Literary Classics Selection
Finalist for the Children’s Choice Picture Book Award, Washington State, for 2003

MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S GOURD

"Africana Honor Book Award” African Studies Association, 2001
“Best Books of 2000” Bank Street College“
Lasting Connections” 2000, Book Links
Nest Literary Classic Selection

NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT

“Popular Paperbacks for Teenagers” YALSA List, 2002
“Best Books for Young Adults” ALA 2000
“Lasting Connections 2000” Book Links
"Best Books for the Teen Age” New York Public Libraries, 2000
“Best Books of 2000” Bank Street College

OUR SECRET, SIRI AANG

The ASPCA “Henry Bergh Award” 2004 for Best Young Adult Novel
2005 Notable Books for a Global Society, International Reading Association
"Top Ten Books for Young Readers” 2005 U.S. State Department List
"Top 100 Books of the Year 2005” New York Public Libraries List

THE BEST BEEKEEPER OF LALIBELA

2007 list of Notable Books for a Global Society, awarded by the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the IRA
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2007, a cooperative project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children’s Book Council
Bank Street Children’s List for The Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2007

TROUBLE IN TIMBUKTU

"Africana Honor Book Award for Older Readers”, Outreach Council of the African Studies Association, 2010

RELATED LINKS

About Cristina Kessler

Ask the Author Interview

Comments and Reviews

KIDSCARE Program

Radio interview on

Children's Africana Book Awards

Parents' Choice Awards

Photo: King Mswati III of Swaziland and Cristina at the National Press Club in Washington, DC for a presentation of the book All the King's Animals - The Return of Endangered Wildlife to Swaziland

Photo: Cristina with friends Val, Liz, Glory and part of Ben at the Library of Congress when she won her award from the African Studies Association for My Great-grandmother's Gourd.

Photo: Cristina with three Maasai friends in Merrueshi, Kenya. Cristina's friend Kwenia is standing right in front of her. She went on a great safari with him and Kakuta for 4 days.

Photo: Maasai dancing.

Photo: A woman and monk on the path to the market in Lalibela.


Award-winning books for children and young adults.