Notable Awards & Honors The Children’s Book Council has selected nearly all of Raymond’s children’s books as outstanding/notable nonfiction trade books. Here are some of the other awards: Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side selected as an Orbis Pictus Honor book as one of the best nonfiction books for children. With Needle and Thread chosen as an Orbis Pictus Honor book as one of the best nonfiction books for children. A Handful of Dirt received the John Burroughs Award as one of the best environmental books for children. Ghost Towns of the American West and The Pueblo have both been chosen for Spur awards by Western Writers of America as best children’s books about the American West. The Underground Railroad named one of the “25 Top Picks” for Black History Month in 1996. Portrait of a Farm Family selected as an “Editor’s Choice” by Booklist as one of the best children’s books of 1995. Also, Ohio Farm Bureau’s Children’s Literature Award as the most outstanding children’s book with an agricultural theme. Amish Home received a “Parents’ Choice” book by the Parents’ Choice Foundation as the best nonfiction paperback book for children. Amish Home selected as an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book in 1994. “Certificate of Commendation,” American Association for State and Local History, 1986. “Writer's Choice” selection, National Endowment for the Arts and the Pushcart Foundation, for First Frost as one of the finest books published by independent literary presses, 1986. Award of Superior Achievement, Illinois State Historical Society, 1985. Historian of the Year, Champaign County, Illinois, 1984. Professional Memberships: Author’s Guild
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