Other awards include the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefitting the Disadvantaged (2016), Peggy Charren/Free to Be You and Me Award from the Ms. Foundation for Women (2016), the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Pacesetter Honors (2016), the Library of Congress David M. Rubenstein Prize (2015), the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award (2014) and the National Education Association Foundation’s Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education (2013), the Carle Honors Angel Award (2009) and the Authors Guild Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community (2005).
The individual has received numerous awards, including the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefitting the Disadvantaged in 2016, the Peggy Charren/Free to Be You and Me Award from the Ms. Foundation for Women in 2016, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Pacesetter Honors in 2016, the Library of Congress David M. Rubenstein Prize in 2015, the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award in 2014 and the National Education Association Foundation’s Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education in 2013, the Carle Honors Angel Award in 2009 and the Authors Guild Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community in 2005.