Michelson’s sly wit makes his books ones that children and adults can enjoy together. —Publisher’s Weekly
Two New Releases Coming Soon!
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More Than Enough
Now Available!
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Next Year in the White House
Now Available!
More Coming Soon! Fall 2025
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Fanny’s Big Idea
coming Fall 2025
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What Louis Brandeis Knows
coming Fall 2025
Complex issues are simply and poetically dealt with in Michelson’s tales. —Bulletin of The Center for Children’s Books
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
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- One of a Kind
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The Language of Angels
2017 Junior Library Guild Gold Medal
2018 Sydney Taylor Gold Medal
2018 National Jewish Book Award
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Fascinating
2016 Junior Library Guild Gold Medal
2017 Massachusetts Book Award Honor
2017 Sydney Taylor Silver Medal
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S is for Sea Glass
Massachusetts Book Award Finalist 2015
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Twice as Good
Harlem Book Fest Wheatley Finalist 2013
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Lipman Pike
NY Times Editor’s Choice 2011
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Busing Brewster
NY Times 10 Best Illust. Books of 2010
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A is for Abraham
Sydney Taylor Award Silver Medal
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- Animals Anonymous
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As Good As Anybody
Sydney Taylor Award Gold Medal
Museum of Tolerance Children’s Book Award Honor Book
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Tuttle’s Red Barn
Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book 2007
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- Oh No Not Ghosts!
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Across the Alley
Teacher of the Year Social Justice Award 2017
National Jewish Book Award Finalist
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Happy Feet
Paterson Prize Finalist 2006
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Too Young for Yiddish
Skipping Stones Multicultural Honor
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Ten Times Better
NY Public Library Best Books of 2000
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Grandpa’s Gamble
Jewish Book Council Book of the Month
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A Book of Flies Real or Otherwise
NY Public Library Best Books of 1999
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- Animals That Ought to Be
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Did You Say Ghosts?
New Yorker Best Book of 1993