About Cristina Books Presentations KIDSCARE Program Awards Comments You are here: Welcome > Homepage > Awards and Special Recognitions 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 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Related Links Children's Africana Book Awards 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. About Cristina | Books | Presentations | KIDSCARE Program | Ask the Author Interview | Awards | Comments © cristinakessler.com, 2008. Website by Friends of Cristina Kessler.