AWARDS AND HONORS
FOR BOOKS BY THE SILVERSTEINS

Children's Book of the Year (Child Study Association of America), 1969,
A World in a Drop of Water

Outstanding Children's Book of 1969 (World Book Yearbook, 1970)
A World in a Drop of Water

Science Educators' Book Society Selection, 1970
Circulatory Systems

Children's Book of the Year (Child Study Association of America), 1972,
The Code of Life

Children's Book of the Year (Child Study Association of America), 1972,
Nature's Defenses

Children's Book of the Year (Child Study Association of America), 1972,
Nature's Pincushion

New Jersey Institute of Technology award, 1972,
Guinea Pigs: All About Them

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1972,
The Long Voyage

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1972,
The Muscular System

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1972,
The Skeletal System

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1972,
Cancer

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1972,
Nature's Pincushion

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1972,
Life in a Bucket of Soil

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1973,
Rabbits: All about Them

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1974,
Animal Invaders

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1974,
Hamsters: All about Them

Notable Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies and Children's Book Council, 1975,
Alcoholism

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1976,
Potatoes: All about Them

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1976,
Gerbils: All about Them

Honorable Mention, New York Academy of Science Children's Science Book Awards, 1976
Potatoes: All About Them

Older Honor citation, New York Academy of Sciences, 1977
Potatoes: All about Them

Junior Literary Guild selection, 1977
The Left-Hander's World

Children's Book of the Year, Bank Street College, 1977,
The Left-Hander's World

Books for the Teen Age selections, New York Public Library, 1978
Heart Disease

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1978,
Itch, Sniffle & Sneeze

New Jersey Institute of Technology award, 1980,
Aging

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1980,
Nature's Champions

New Jersey Institute of Technology award, 1983,
The Robots Are Here

New Jersey Institute of Technology award, 1983,
The Story of Your Mouth

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1983,
Heartbeats

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1987,
The Story of Your Foot

Books for the Teen Age selections, New York Public Library, 1987
AIDS: Deadly Threat

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1988,
Wonders of Speech

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1988,
Nature's Living Lights

Special certificate of commendation, John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers, 1988,
Nature's Living Lights

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 1990,
Overcoming Acne

New Jersey Institute of Technology award, 1990,
Glasses and Contact Lenses

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 2005,
Cancer

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 2007,
Adaptation

Outstanding Science Books for Children, National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council, 2007,
Breast Cancer Update

National Science Teacher's Association Recommended Book, 2011
Floods