Awards About Visits Home	The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians ~2009-2010 Children's Crown Award endorsed by the National Christian School Associaiton ~Summer 2007 Children's Book Sense Picks ~Children's Book-of-the Month club Selection ~Represented Utah at the National Book Festival 2007 Washington DC ~Friends Medallion - Virginia Beach Quaker School ~2008-2009 Beehive Award nominee ~2008-2009 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award nominee ~2008 Kansas Notable Book ~2009-2010 Volunteer State Book Award nominee ~Comstock Reading Aloud Award 2007 Minnesota State University ~Best Children's Books of the Year 2007 - Children's Book Committee of the Bank Street College of Education ~Starred review in Kirkus Review (March 15, 2007 vol. 75. No.6) "A curious boy discovers the library is the best place to be and librarians are the best people to know in this lighthearted homage. At an early age, Melvin becomes a regular at the Livingston Public Library. He especially likes the reference librarians, Marge, Betty and Leeola, who are interested in everything he is interested in and always able to find answers to his endless questions. They help Melvin with his school projects an he admires their natural talent for creating order out of chaos. A library groupie, Melvin attends every library program and even gets a part time library job when he's in high school. But as Melvin eventually heads off to college, how will he manage without his library family? Morris clearly gets what makes librarians tick, and Sneed's humorous watercolor illustrations capture the soul of "how libarians are" in his perfect renditions of the mission-driving Marge, Betty and Leeol at in action. Kids should get a kick out of the geeky Melvin, his supportive clan of nurturing bibliophiles and his so-very-logical career choice." ~Theatre script for play "The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians" to be produced throughout state of Texas summer 2009. ~Available in DVD format (Spoken Arts)