Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (1965-)

Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, Minnesota Book Award, Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended designation, Bank Street College Children's Book of the Year, and American Library Association Notable Book designation, all 1999, all for Elizabeti's Doll; Patterson Prize, Society of School Librarians International Honor Book designation, Bank Street College Outstanding Merit designation, and Parent's Choice Fiction Award, all 2001, all for Mama Elizabeti; Bank Street College Best Books of the Year designation, and named an Outstanding Achievement in Children's Literature, 2002, and Wisconsin State Library Association, 2004, both for Elizabeti's School; Parent's Choice Recommended designation, 2003, and African Studies Association Children's Africana Book Award, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award finalist, and Storyteller's World Award, all 2004, all for Babu's Song.