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Author record · 2017 to 2025

Michael Emberley: Awards and Best-of Lists

Michael Emberley has won 1 award, the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (2023) for I Did It!, with 9 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Barbara Bottner, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Night LightChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Fiction for Younger Readers
2025Night LightHorn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025Night LightSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Graphic Novels
2025Night LightKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2023I Did It!Theodor Seuss Geisel Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Beginning Reader
2023Let’s Go!Horn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2022I Did It!Kirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Middle Grade
2021The Message: The Extraordinary Journey of an Ordinary Text MessageHorn Book Fanfare source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2021I Can Make a Train NoiseBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Picture Books
2017Priscilla GorillaNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love

Books

  1. Night Light4 sources · 2025
  2. I Did It!2 sources · 2022 to 2023
  3. I Can Make a Train Noise1 source · 2021
  4. Let’s Go!1 source · 2023
  5. Priscilla Gorilla1 source · 2017
  6. The Message: The Extraordinary Journey of an Ordinary Text Message1 source · 2021