Margriet was awarded the 2014 Honorary Fellowship by Okanagan University College for the creation of Kidswwwrite online magazine. In this magazine, Margriet published stories and poems written by children around the world. She managed and edited KidsWwwrite for 17 years. She was also awarded the Presidential Award for Reading & Technology of the International Reading Association, Region West, 2005 for this online magazine.
Margriet’s books have won many accolades, including:
A Brush Full of Colour, The World of Ted Harrison, Pajama Press:
2016 Crystal Kite Award, SCBWI, winner
2016 TD Canada Book Award finalist
2016 Silver Birch nominee
2016 Hackmatack Book Awards, nominee
2016 Rocky Mountain Book Award shortlisting
2016 Best Books for Kids and Teens
2015 Information Book Award, winner, Canadian Literature Roundtables of Canada
2015 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award nominee
A Mountain Alphabet, Tundra:
Selected by the Ministry of Education in British Columbia to be given to each Kindergarten student in the province, 50,000 copies of the book were ordered.
A Pacific Alphabet, Whitecap:
Shortlisting, Chocolate Lily Award
Shortlisting, Oregon’s Patricia Gallagher Award
Selected by the Ministry of Education in British Columbia to be given to each Kindergarten student in the province, 40,000 copies of the book were ordered.
White Ravens Selection, International Board of Books for Young People
Birthdays Around The World, Kids Can Press:
Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College, Winner 2018
Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
Bus To The Badlands, Orca Books:
Chocolate Lily Awards—Chapter Books, Short-listed
Emma’s Eggs, Fitzhenry & Whiteside:
Winner of the Honor Title for the 1996 Storytellers World Awards
Emma and the Coyote, Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Shortlisting, Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Shining Willow Awards
Silver-medal winner of the 2000 Mr. Christie Book Award
Finalist, Tiny Torgi Literary Awards
Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice selection
Grand Prize, Ex aequo, 2000 Luxcanada for Illustration
Emma’s Cold Day, Fitzhenry & Whiteside:
Shortlisted for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Shining Willow Awards
Silver-medal winner of the 2001 Mr. Christie Book Award
Shortlisting, 2002 Blue Spruce Award
Shortlisting, Chocolate Lily Award
Our Choice selection, CCBC
Families Around The World, Kids Can Press:
Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College, Winner
In My Backyard, Tundra:
Shortlisting for 2007-2008 Amelia Francis Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration
Finalist Oregon Book Awards
Finalist, Blue Spruce Awards, 2008
My Librarian is a Camel, How Books Are Brought To Children Around The World, Boyds Mills Press:
Teacher’s Choice Award
IRA’s Notable Book for Global Awareness
Shortlisting for Utah’s Information Book Award
My School in the Rain Forest, Boyds Mills Press: 2009 Best Bets for nonfiction, Ontario Library Association;Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2010, special interest.
Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature, Orca Books:
Green Earth Book Award, Long-listed
Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, Short-listed
Chocolate Lily Award, Short-listed
CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selection
Schooldays Around The World, Kids Can Press:
Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner<
2016 Rainforest of Reading nominee
2015 Reading Lights selection
Stepping Stones, A Refugee Family’s Journey, Orca Book Publishers:
Bowen Book Prize, Winner
Listing in Pope Francis’ recommended titles
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2016, Commended
Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize, Short-listed
Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year, Commended
CL/R SIG International Reading Association Notable Books for a Global Society | 2017 | Commended
CCBC Best Books starred selection | 2017 | Commended
Middle East Book Award, Runner-up
Rocky Mountain Book Award | 2018 | Short-listed
The Elephant Keeper, Caring For Orphaned Elephants in Zambia, Kids Can Press
2019 – Just One More Page! Recommendation List, WSRA Children’s Literature Committee,
Diamond Willow Award, Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards, Finalist
Silver Birch Express Award, Ontario Library Association, Nominated
Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College, Winner
Teachers’ Choices List, International Literacy Association, Winner
Best Books for Kids & Teens, Starred Selection, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner 2018 – Skipping Stones Honor List, Skipping Stones Magazine, Winner
BC’s Chocolate Lily Award, Short-listed
Eureka! Gold Award, California Reading Association, Winner
OLA Best Bets, Ontario Library Association, Winner
Wake Up, Henry Rooster!, Fitzhenry & Whiteside: Nominated for 2007 Blue Spruce AwardShortlisting, 2008 (current) Willow Awards
When We Go Camping, Tundra:
Finalist for the 2001-2002 Amelia Francis Howard Gibbon
Wild Babies, Tundra:
Selected for Imagination Library, Dolly Parton
Shortlisted 2004/2005 Chocolate Lily Award
Shortlisted 2004 Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Shining Willow Awards
Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice selection
Shortlisted for the 2002 Amelia Francis Howard-Gibbon Award
