The Little Press that Can Does It Again!

Reviewers and Award Committees Give “Thumbs Up!” to Gingerbread House’s Offerings

We here at Gingerbread House thank our colleagues in the wide book world for all the time, thought, and the behind-the-scenes effort it takes to give our books serious consideration, and to highlight to a larger readership any merit you may find in our small but sincere program.

Chapeaux!

It isn’t every start-up children’s book publisher that can boast so many important international awards and citations for its original titles, but it’s even more astonishing when the list is comprised of only eight original titles.

Gingerbread House has been garnering great reviews, and earning the attention of award committees. Here are some highlights. See the more comprehensive list, below:

—Four of Gingerbread House’s original titles were named to the coveted “Children’s Book Sense 76,” (The Picks List) a compilation of recommendations from the American Booksellers Association, which includes the American Booksellers for Children (ABC)

—Two have won the International Reading Association/Children's Book Council's "Children's Choices" award, and

—One has been honored with the most important international citation for a trade book with educational application, from The Global Learning Initiative, which is a partnership between the Association of Educational Publishers and the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

In addition to their being recognized with many other significant citations, all five titles have garnered dozens of rave reviews from traditional trade and consumer publications, and

—All have been featured as set dressings in five major motion pictures.

Portrait of the Son, Ted Schluenderfritz

  • Chronologically:

    PORTRAIT OF A SON, A TALE OF LOVE

    • ForeWord Book of the Year Finalist

    • Catholic News Agency Citation

    FRANCIS WOKE UP EARLY

    • Starred Review in Publishers Weekly

    • ForeWord Book of the Year Award Finalist

    • Green Book Festival Winner

    • Mom’s Choice Gold Award

    • Moonbeam Gold Book Award

    • Nautilus Book Award

    • National Indie Excellence Gold Book Award

    • Storytelling World Honor Award

    IN ENGLISH, OF COURSE

    • Named to the “Best Books for Children" list

    • by the Association of Booksellers for Children

    • Named to the "Children's Choices Best Books Catalog"

    • by the Association of Booksellers for Children

    • Learning® Magazine “Teachers' Choice" Award

    • (The most important award for educational products.)

    • “Chapman Award" for Best Classroom Read-Alouds, awarded by Esme' Raji Codell

    • An ABA (American Booksellers Association) Book Sense "Pick of the Lists"

    • A PBS TV Teacher's Source "Recommended Book"

    • The IPPY (Independent Publisher) Award

    • Shortlisted for the Caldecott Award

    THE NUMBERS DANCE, A COUNTING COMEDY

    • An International Reading Association-Children's Book Council

    • "Children's Choices" Award Winner

    • Named to the “Best Books for Children"

    • list by the Association of Booksellers for Children

    • ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award Finalist

    • An ABA (American Booksellers Association) Book Sense "Pick of the Lists"

    • Shortlisted for the Caldecott Award

    SHOW; DON'T TELL!, SECRETS OF WRITING

    • “Best Trade Book with Educational Application"

    • Given by the Global Learning Initiative,

    • a partnership between the Bologna Children's Book Fair,

    • and The Association of Educational Publishers

    • An International Reading Association-Children's Book Council

    • “Children's Choices" Award Winner

    • An Honors National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA)

    • ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award Finalist

    • A Parents' Choice Recommended Award Winner

    • An ABA (American Booksellers Association) Book Sense "Pick of the Lists"

    TAKE IT TO THE QUEEN, A TALE OF HOPE

    • CPA (Catholic Press Association) Award

    • Named to the “Best Books for Children"

    • list by the Association of Booksellers for Children

    • An International Reading Association-Children's Book Council

    • “Children's Choices" Award Winner

    • Mom’s Choice Gold Award for Year’s Most Distinctive Picture Book Illustration

    • Mom’s Choice Gold Award

    • Winner of a Moonbeam Gold Award

    • Catholic News Agency Citation

    THE WEIGHT OF A MASS, A TALE OF FAITH

    • CPA (Catholic Press Association) Award

    • An ABA (American Booksellers Association) Book Sense "Pick of the Lists"

    • "One of The Best Children's Books of the Year"

    • Selected by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education

    • Catholic News Agency Citation

    GRANDPA LOVED

    • Named to the “Best Kids’ Books of the Year" list by Parents Magazine

    GRANDMA’S SCRAPBOOK‍ ‍

  • Gingerbread House’s books appear as set dressings in the following films:

    “Motherhood,” with Uma Thurman and Minnie Driver

    “The Other Woman,” with Natalie Portman and Scott Cohen

    “The Switch,” with Jennifer Anniston and Jason Bateman

    “Two Days in New York,” with Chris Rock and Julie Delpy

    “Friends with Kids,” with John Hamm and Megan Fox

From Portrait of the Son, Illustrated by Ted Schluenderfritz