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2012 Gelett Burgess Award

Twice as Good


New York Times
Editor's Choice 2011


Lipman Pike

Lipman Pike

 New York Times 
 10 Best Illustrated Books of 2010 


Busing Brewster

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Stories for Children and Other People

 

 Sydney Taylor Award - Gold Medal 



As Good As Anybody

 Publishers Weekly 
 Best Children's Book 2007 




Tuttle's Red Barn

 National Jewish Book Award finalist 



Across the Alley

"Complex issues are simply and poetically dealt with in Michelson's tales"
-Bulletin of The Center for Children’s Books


 2006 Paterson Prize Finalist 



Happy Feet

 Skipping Stones Multicultural Honor 



Too Young for Yiddish

 Jewish Book Council 
 Book of the Month 




Grandpa’s Gamble


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Poetry for Teens, Juvenile Delinquents and Immature Adults

"Michelson’s sly wit makes his books ones that children and adults can enjoy together."
-Publisher’s Weekly

Animals Anonymous

 

Poetry for Children and Other People

 Sydney Taylor Award - Silver Medal 

A is for Abraham
A Jewish Family Alphabet



Oh No, Not Ghosts!



Ten Times Better



A Book of Flies: Real of Otherwise

 

"Michelson’s poems—jaunty, rhythmic rhymes—lie lightly on the tongue and ear…young readers get just the kind of details they will relish (and the reactions of squeamish parental readers will provide an added bonus)."
- Horn Book

 

Richard Michelson writes both heartwarming, historical stories, and imaginative, word loving poetry collections. His first children’s book was listed by the New Yorker as a Best Book of 1993. Subsequent books have received a Children’s Book Committee Book of the Year, a Jewish Book Council Book of the Month, and a Skipping Stones Magazine Multicultural Honor Award. Three of his books have been named to The New York Public Library’s annual list of “Best Children’s Books for Reading and Sharing."