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Author record · 2006 to 2021

Emily Jenkins: Awards and Best-of Lists

Emily Jenkins has won 1 award, the Sydney Taylor Book Award (2019) for All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah, with 1 shortlist or finalist place, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 15 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Chris Appelhans, Paul O. Zelinsky

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2021Harry Versus the First 100 Days of SchoolChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers
2021Harry versus the First 100 Days of SchoolBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Younger Readers
2019All-of-a-Kind Family HanukkahSydney Taylor Book Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Picture Book
2018All-of-a-Kind Family HanukkahNational Jewish Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Children's Literature
2018All-Of-A-Kind Family HanukkahKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2017A Greyhound, a GroundhogGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Picture Books
2017A Greyhound, A GroundhogNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2017A Greyhound, a GroundhogBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers
2017A Greyhound, a GroundhogKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2015A Fine DessertGoodreads Choice Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Picture Books
2015Toys Meet Snow: Being The Wintertime Adventures Of A Curious Stuffed Buffalo, A Sensitive Plush Stingray, And A Book-Loving Rubber BallNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2015The Fun Book of Scary StuffKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2015Toys Meet SnowPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2015Toys Meet SnowSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2013Water in the Park: A Book about Water and the Times of the DayBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Fiction, Young Readers
2012Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting MoneyPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's Picture
2008SkunkdogSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2007What Happens on WednesdaysBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Young
2006Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called PlasticSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books

Books

  1. A Greyhound, a Groundhog4 sources · 2017
  2. All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah3 sources · 2018 to 2019
  3. Toys Meet Snow: Being The Wintertime Adventures Of A Curious Stuffed Buffalo, A Sensitive Plush Stingray, And A Book-Loving Rubber Ball3 sources · 2015
  4. Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School2 sources · 2021
  5. A Fine Dessert1 source · 2015
  6. Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money1 source · 2012
  7. Skunkdog1 source · 2008
  8. The Fun Book of Scary Stuff1 source · 2015
  9. Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic1 source · 2006
  10. Water in the Park: A Book about Water and the Times of the Day1 source · 2013
  11. What Happens on Wednesdays1 source · 2007