Awards
Polly Horvath has written many books for children that have won awards in both the United States and Canada. Here are some of them:
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Newbery Honor
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The National Book Award
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The Vicky Metcalf award
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The Toronto-Dominion Children's Literature Award
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One Year in Coal Harbour
- Toronto-Dominion's Canadian Children's Literature Award
- Toronto-Dominion Fan Choice Award
- The Bolen Books Children's Book Prize
The Canning Season
- The National Book Award for Young People's Literature
- 2004 Young Adult Canadian Book of the Year
- The Horn Book's Honor List
- Kirkus Editor's Choice
- An American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults Fanfare
- NYC Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
- School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
- Chicago Tribune Best Books of 2003
- Washington Post Best Books of 2003
Everything on a Waffle
- Newbery Honor Book
- Boston Globe- Horn Book Award Honor Book
- ALA Notable Book
- Child Magazine Best Book Award
- Parents' Choice 2001 Fiction Gold Award
- Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award
- International White Ravens 2002
- Mr. Christie Book Award
- Sheila Egoff Award
- New York Times Bestseller
- Publisher's Weekly Bestseller
The Trolls
- National Book Award Finalist
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book
- ALA Notable Book
- Riverbank Review Book of Distinction
- Booklist Editor's Choice
- Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
- Horn Book Fanfare
- A Rosie O'Donnell Pick and featured on her television show
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire
- Short-listed for Germany's most prestigious literature award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
- The Canadian Library Association's 2015 Children's Book of the Year
- An Amazon 2012 Best Books of 2012
- A Washington Post Best Kids Book of 2012
- An Indigo Top 10 Kid's Book for 2012
- The Gold Award in the Fiction category of the 2013 Spring Parents' Choice Awards
- The Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book of the Year
- Nominated for the 2016 Massachusetts Children's Book Award Master List
Northward to the Moon
- Oprah's 2010 Reading List
- Parent's Choice Gold Award for 2010
My One Hundred Adventures
- A 2008 Booklist Editors' Choice
- A Best Book of 2008 (Kirkus Reviews)
- A Best Book of 2008 (School Library Journal)
- A Best Book of 2008 (Amazon)
- 2008 New York Public Library List of 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- NAPPA Gold Award Winner
- Parent's Choice Gold Award
- A Junior Library Guild Selection
The Sheila Egoff Prize for Children's Lliterature
A 2009 Capitol Choice Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens - An IRA-CBC Children's Choice
The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane
- Sheila Egoff Children's Literature Prize
- Shortlisted for the 2007 Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year
- Included in the Bank Street College list of the Best Children's Books of the Year (Ages Twelve and Up)