American Bookseller Pick of the List Award The American Booksellers Association is a nonprofit trade organization devoted to meeting the needs of its core members-independently owned bookstores with storefront locations-through advocacy, educations, research, and information dissemination. The ABA supports free speech, literacy, and programs that encourage children to read. Website: www.bookweb.org
	Winners for American Bookseller Pick of the List Award Beads, Bangles and Bracelets Computers for BeginnersCutaway Cars Kings & Queens Pasta & Pizza for Beginners The Usborne Book of Horses and Ponies The Usborne Book of Racing Cars The Usborne Complete Book of Drawing What Shall I Paint? Who's Making that Mess?
	Austin Young Engineer's Award Bi-annually, publishing companies are invited to submit books for competition in the Austin Young Engineer's Award Program. Students review the books and through a voting process select the six most outstanding books to receive the "Austin Young Engineer's Award" gold seal. This program is believed to be one-of-a-kind in the nation and was developed to encourage elementary students to become acquainted with quality science, math, and engineering books. Austin Magnet's library is home to more than 100 engineering books!
	Winners for Austin Young Engineer Award First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans Light, Sound & Electricity Materials Mixtures and Compounds Mummies and Pyramids IL Book of Knowledge IL Encyclopedia of Planet Earth IL Introduction to Weather & Climate Changes IL
	Dr. Toy Awards Noted child development authority Stevanne Auerbach, PH.D, developed Dr. Toy Award Programs as a free service to consumers who desire to purchase safe, affordable and stimulating products for children.  EDC was awarded the Dr. Toy's 2003 Outstanding Toy Manufacturer Recognition of Excellence Award
	Winners for Dr. Toy's Best Creative Products Award 101 Things to Do with Your Computer  Ancient World  Batteries & Magnets  Big Book of Experiments  Big Book of Papercraft  Calligraphy  Computers for Beginners  First Book of the Recorder Kid Kit  First North American Kid Kit  Juggling  Medieval World  Origami Kid Kit  Paper Planes Kid Kit  Puzzle Ocean  Starting Cooking Kid Kit  Starting Gardening Kid Kit  Starting Lettering Kid Kit  Stencil Fun Kid Kit  The Great Animal Search  Things That Fly Kid Kit  What Shall I Draw Kid Kit  What Shall I Paint Kid Kit  Windows for Beginners  World Wide Web for Beginners            Winner: Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Children's' Product Award Hotshots Travel Games Kid Kit            Winners: Dr. Toy's Best Classic Toy Award Book of Magic Tricks  First Thousand Words  First Thousand Words French Sticker  First Thousand Words German  First Thousand Words Hebrew  First Thousand Words in Spanish (tape/workbook)  First Thousand Words Italian  First Thousand Words Japanese  First Thousand Words Russian  First Thousand Words Spanish  First Thousand Words Sticker  Knights & Castles  Pharaohs & Pyramids  Rome & Romans  Viking Raiders           Winners: Dr. Toy's Best Smart Play/Smart Toy Award Seas and Oceans Board Game Kid Kit World of the Microscope Kid Kit           Winners:  Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products Animal Sticker Atlas           Winners:  Dr. Toy's 10 Best Socially Responsible Products Animal Sticker Atlas
	Education Source for Top 10 Best Art Product Award           Winner: Art Ideas- 2000
	Informal Education Product of the Year Award           Winner: First Book of the Recorder Kid Kit
	Latino Literary Hall of Fame The Latino Literary Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes literacy and literary excellence within the Latino community.
	8TH Annual International Latino Book Award Washington, DC. May 20, 2006- Latino Literary Now, a non-profit organization supporting literacy and literary excellence within the Latino community seeks to recognize the many positive contributions being made to the world of Latino literature via the International Latino Book Awards. The awards, given on May 20, at The Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, are presented in conjunction with BookExpoAmerica. These awards honor literary excellence in a variety of categories for books with a publication date of 2005. The 8TH Annual International Latino Book Award winners are: Best Children's Picture Book - Spanish First: Un Dia de Lluvia, by Anna Milbourne illustrations by Sarah Gill Publisher: EDC Publishing Second: Pon, pon! A jugar con el Bebe, by Josefina, Barceló Jiménez illustrations by Mrinali Álvarez Astacio Publisher: La Editorial, Universidad de Puerto Rico The event is co-hosted by the Latino Book & Family Festival, the largest Latino consumer expo in the United States. The organization recently embarked on its tenth year of promoting literacy, culture, and education via popular educational Festivals for the Latino family. Founded in 1997, the Festival's mission is to reduce illiteracy in the Latino community nationwide, differentiating itself by its core focus to advance the quality of life for Latinos via directed life and literacy education. For more information on the Festival and event dates and locations, please visit www.LBFF.us.
	Winners for Best Educational Children's Book - Spanish or Bilingual  Castillos - con links de Internet - 2004 Cuentos Populares del Mundo -2003 El Mundo Antiguo - 2001           Winners Award 2nd Place for Best Children's Picture Book Los Animals del Mundo - 2000 Para Que Sirven los Sentidos - 2000           Winner Honorable Mention Best Children's Picture Book - Spanish 1001 Animales Que Buscar - 2003
	Lifeworks Real Life Awards Lifeworks Magazine announced that Usborne is their winner for the 2003-04 Real Life Award in the category of History Publisher of the Year.
	Winners for Real Life Awards: A Squirrel's Tale Animal Homes Flap Book Art Skills Christmas Activities Computer for Beginners Going to the Doctor Kid Kit Puzzle Ocean Tractor Kid Kit What Shall I Draw? World Wide Web for Beginners
	Parents' Choice Awards Parents' Choice is a nonprofit consumer guide to children's' media from books, toys, video, audios, computer programs to television, magazines and rock 'n' roll.
	Winner for Parents' Choice Gold A Understanding Your Brain           Winner for Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award Encyclopedia of Planet Earth            Winners for Parents' Choice Approved Titles 101 Things to do with Your Computer  Agent Arthur's Island Adventure  Book of World History Dates  Complete Book of Astronomy and Space  Cooking for Beginners  Goalkeeping  Molly's Magic Carpet  Pig Gets Stuck Sticker  Ride By Moonlight  Starting Cooking  Stencil Fun  Stone Age Sentinel  The Hungry Donkey Sticker  The Magic Toy Shop  The Naughty Sheep Sticker  The Usborne Book of Art Projects Tractor in Trouble Sticker  Understanding your Senses  What Shall I Do Today?  Where's Woolly?            Winners for Parents' Choice Recommended Titles Art Ideas  First Encyclopedia of Animals  Illustrated Dictionary of Science  Prehistoric World  Science Encyclopedia  Sharks World Atlas of Dinosaurs (IL)
	Parent Council Awards Parent Council reviewers are teachers, librarians and parents. They examine select and then review the best new titles from a learning perspective. They help other parents and educators to maintain a creative learning environment for children.
	Winners for the Parent Council Ltd. Award 1001 Things to Spot Long Ago  Animal Board Book  Big Pig on a Dig  Farmyard Tales Christmas  Gatos Libro de Pegatinas  My Town  Sam Sheep Can't Sleep  Starting to Count  Starting to Read Tales From Littletown  That's Not My Train  The Magic Toy Shop  Usborne Book of the Internet  Usborne Complete Book of Astronomy & Space  Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope  Usborne World History: Ancient World  What's the Difference?
	Parent's Guide Award
	Winner for the Parent's Guide Media Award Baby Animals Jigsaw Book - 2003 That's Not My Lion - 2004 Encyclopedia of World Religions - 2004 Library of Science (all titles in series) - 2004 Baby Animals Jigsaw Book - 2004           Winners for the Parent's Guide Children's Media Award for Reference Encyclopedia of World History IL -2001 Science Encyclopedia IL - 2001 Timelines of World History - 2001           Winner for Parent's Guide Children Media for Activity Books That's Not My Kitten - 2001
	Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards
	Winners : Usborne Science Books tied for 1st place in Elementary Science Category - 2004 Usborne Science Books awarded 2nd place in Elementary Science Category - 2003 Usborne Science books awarded Honorable Mention - 2000 Usborne Science Books awarded 3rd place in Elementary Science Category - 1999 Usborne Science Books awarded 2nd place in Science Resource Category - 1999
	Teacher's Choice Awards Learning Magazine, sponsors of the Teachers' Choice Awards
	Winners:  Animal World IL  Complete Book of the Microscope The Great Animal Search
	Accelerated Reader Renaissance Learning gives educators the tools and information they need to dramatically improve academic performance for students of all ages and ability levels. They promote the world's most popular reading management software used in schools, Accelerated Reader. This program helps motivate students to dramatically increase the reading of books. Website: www.renlearn.com
	Usborne Titles Currently on the Accelerated Reader List: 1 2 3 A Christmas Carol (Usborne Young Reading) A Horse for the Summer A Horse for the Summer A Tale of Two Cities (Usborne Classics) ABC Adventures of Ulysses Aladdin & His Magical Lamp (Usborne Young Reading) Birthday Surprise (Usborne Easy Reading) Burglar's Breakfast (Usborne Young Reading) Castles (Usborne Beginners) Cats and Kittens (Usborne First Pets) Christmas Story, The (Usborne Bible Tales) Cinderella (Usborne First Stories) Clumsy Crocodile Daniel and the Lions (Usborne Bible Tales) David and Goliath (Usborne Bible Tales) Dinosaurs Next Door (Usborne Young Reading) Dogs and Puppies (Usborne First Pets) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Usborne Classics) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Usborne Library of Fantasy and Adventure) Dream Pony Dream Pony Easter Story (Usborne Bible Tales) Fairground Ghost (Usborne Young Reading) Fangtastic Adventures of Dracula's Dentures Going on a Plane (Usborne First Experiences) Going to School (Usborne First Experiences) Going to the Dentist (Usborne First Experiences) Going to the Doctor (Usborne First Experiences) Going to the Hospital (Usborne First Experiences) Good Samaritan (Usborne Bible Tales) Gulliver's Travels (Usborne Young Reading) Hamsters (Usborne First Pets) Horse in Danger Incredible Present, The Jane Eyre (Usborne Classics Jonah and the Whale (Usborne Bible Tales) Joseph and His Amazing Coat (Usborne Bible Tales) Joseph and His Amazing Coat (Usborne Bible Tales) Little Dragon, The Little Red Riding Hood (Usborne First Stories) Midnight Horse Mindmaster Missing Cat (Usborne Easy Reading) Molly's Magic Carpet  Monster Gang Moses in the Bulrushes (Usborne Bible Tales) Moses in the Bulrushes (Usborne Bible Tales) Moving House (Usborne First Experiences) My Town New Baby, The (Usborne First Experiences) New Puppy, The (Usborne First Experiences) Noah's Ark (Usborne Bible Tales Noah's Ark (Usborne Bible Tales) Ogs Discover Fire Ogs Invent the Wheel Ogs Learn to Float Ogs Learn to Fly Perfect Pony Planes (Usborne Beginners) Princess and the Pig, The Rabbits (Usborne First Pets) Racing Vacation Ride by Moonlight Robinson Crusoe (Usborne Young Reading) Rome and Romans Runaway Orange (Usborne Easy Reading) Runaway Pony Runaway Pony Skull Island Sleeping Beauty (Usborne First Stories) Stories of Pirates (Usborne Young Reading) Stories of Witches (Usborne Young Reading) Strangers at the Stables Strangers at the Stables Tadpoles and Frogs (Usborne Beginners) Tales of Robin Hood (Usborne Library of Fantasy and Adventure) Tales of the Trojan War The Adventure of King Arthur (Usborne Young Reading) The Clumsy Crocodile (Usborne Young Reading) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Usborne Classics) The Midnight Horse The Perfect Pony The Prodigal Son (Usborne Bible Tales) The Royal Broomstick (Usborne First Stories) The Story of Rumpelstiltskin (Usborne First Stories) The Tournament (Usborne First Stories) Three Little Pigs (Usborne First Stories) Treasure Island (Usborne Young Reading) True Ghost Stories True Stories of Crime and Detection True Stories of the Second World War Under the Sea Whales and Dolphins Wizards (Usborne Young Reading) Wuthering Heights (Usborne Classics)           Usborne Accelerated Reader Spanish Titles: El arca de Noe' El Buen Samaritano La Navidad La tunica de Jose Los Panes y los peces Moises salvado de las aguas