Donna Jo Napoli writes for all ages, from picture books through
young adult books.
Her awards include
Leeway Foundation Grant for Excellence in Fiction (1995)
M. Jerry Weiss Book Award given by the New Jersey Reading Association (for
THE PRINCE OF THE POND)
Golden Kite Award given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators (for STONES IN WATER)
Sydney Taylor Book Award presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries
(for STONES IN WATER)
Carolyn W. Field Honor Book given by the Pennsylvania Library Association
(for STONES IN WATER)
Drexel University and Free Library of Philadelphia Children's Literature
Citation (1998)
Carolyn W. Field Honor Book given by the Pennsylvania Library Association
(for SPINNERS)
Carolyn W. Field Honor Book given by the Pennsylvania Library Association
(for BEAST)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (for ALBERT)
Golden Kite Honor Book given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers
and Illustrators (for BREATH)
Nevada Young Readers Award (for DAUGHTER OF VENICE)
Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award (for NORTH)
Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award (for THE KING OF MULBERRY STREET)
Sydney Taylor Honor Book presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries
(for THE KING OF MULBERRY STREET)
Sons of Italy National Book Club selection (for THE KING OF MULBERRY STREET)
Carolyn W. Field Honor Book given by the Pennsylvania Library Association
(for FIRE IN THE HILLS)
Literary Lights for Children Award given by the Boston Public Library (2007)
Parents' Choice Gold Award (for ALLIGATOR BAYOU)
Anne Izard's Storytellers' Choice Award (for MAMA MITI)
Frances and Wesley Bock Book Award (for MAMA MITI)
Eureka! Silver Honor Book of the California Reading Association (for TREASURY OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY)
Sydney Taylor Book Award presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries
(for STORM)
Bilingual-bimodal ebooks produced in a collaboration of students at Gallaudet University and Swarthmore College under the guidance of Gene Mirus and Donna Jo are available for free. These books are intended for adults to share with deaf children. You can find out how to access them by clicking here. And you can see a youtube version of THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS here.
Many of the books are in ASL/English. But several are (or are in progress) in other sign languages with the relevant ambient spoken language, including Fiji Sign Language, Libras (Brazilian Sign Language), Korean Sign Language, Nihon Shuwa (Japanese Sign Language), Nepali Sign Language, Greek Sign Language, LIS (Italian Sign Language), Irish Sign Language, and Sign Language of the Netherlands.
