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Awards and
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Artella contest
First Prize for "After Reading Einstein's Theory"
Tall Grass Anthology contest
First Prize for "How Do You Cook an Artichoke" in the 2009
Tall Grass Anthology contest
Ann McGovern Reading Room: New York Public Library
Ann cut the ribbon for The Ann McGovern Reading Room at
The Muhlenberg Library.
Laura Parsons Pratt Award
The Federation
of Protestant Welfare Agencies awarded Ann the prestigious Laura
Parsons Pratt Award for “her life’s work of writing and for efforts to
improve the status of women and children.”
Presidential Recognition
President Bill Clinton
awarded Ann the Arkansas Traveler Award.
Biographical Roll of Honor
The
International Biographical Roll of Honor cites her distinguished service
to Education and the Writing Professions.
She is always listed in many of the Who's Who series of books.
Children's Book Awards
Individual titles from her 55 children's books won many honors. See the
list below. Her children's book web site is
www.annmcgovern.com It needs an
upgrading and it will be done by 2011.
Individual
titles of her children’s books garnered accolades from:
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American Humane
Association’s List of Recommended Books
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Best and the Brightest
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The Best Books
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Earthworm Award
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Editor’s Choice
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Horn Book Award |
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Junior Literary Guild Selections
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Lucky Book Club’s Author
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A TV Reading Rainbow
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Outstanding Science Books |
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