2001 Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Book Award.

2001 Notable Children's Books of Jewish Content, Association of Jewish Libraries.

2001 ABC Children's Booksellers' Choices (non-fiction), Association of Booksellers for Children.

2001 Christopher Award (books for young people).

2000 Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award.

2000 Best Bets for the Classroom, Virginia Center for Children's Books.

The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark ( Henri Sorensen, illustrator), September 2000.

The Last Dance ( Debrah Santini, illustrator), September, 1995.

Georgia Top 25 Reading List, Georgia Center for the Book.

2003 Selected book for GA for National Book Festival by GA Center for the Book.

2002 Volunteer State Book Award (master list).

1997-1998 Children's Book Award ( Honor Book), Florida Reading Association.

1997 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Honor Book.

Agatha's Feather Bed: Not Just Another Wild Goose Story ( Laura L.1993 Georgia Author of the Year for Juvenile Literature.All of her books were published by Peachtree Publishers. Children’s books English ĭeedy is the author of nine children’s books written in English, with two titles published in Spanish.

She delivered the 2010 commencement address for the women's college of Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia, where she was also awarded an honorary doctorate. Louis Storytelling Festival, the Athens Storytelling Festival, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, the Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival and as a Featured Teller at the National Storytelling Festival. Storyteller Īs a storyteller, Deedy has performed across the United States and Canada including the Disney Institute, the New Victory Theater, the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Kennedy Center as well as numerous storytelling festivals including the St. Pura Belpre Honor, Odyssey Honor, Christopher Award, Jane Adams Peace Prize Honor, Bologna Ragazzi Award for Children's Non-Fiction, Parents Choice GoldĬarmen Agra Deedy is an author of children’s literature, storyteller and radio contributor.īorn in Havana, Cuba, she migrated to the United States with her family in 1963 after the Cuban Revolution. 14 Cows for America, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, The Yellow Star, The Library Dragon

The library dragon by carmen agra deedy