Michelle Edwards is an American author and illustrator. Edwards won the 1992 National Jewish Book Award for Children's Picture Book. One of her books is a Sydney Taylor Book Award honor book, with three more named as honor books.
Edwards grew up in Troy, New York.
Awards and honors Four of Edwards's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Pa Lia's First Day (1999), Zero Grandparents (2001), Stinky Stern Forever (2005), and A Hat for Mrs. Goldman (2016). Some of Edwards's books have been included on lists of the year's best children's books, including Stinky Stern Forever (by The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, 2006), Room for the Baby (by Bank Street College of Education, 2013), A Hat for Mrs. Goldman (by Tablet, 2016; Bank Street College of Education, 2017), and Me and the Boss (by Bank Street College of Education, 2023). Bank Street College of Education named A Hat for Mrs. Goldman a book with "outstanding merit". In 2023, the Association for Library Service to Children included Me and the Boss among the year's Notable Children's Books. +Awards for Edwards's worksYearWorkAwardResult1991Sydney Taylor Book Award for Younger ReadersNotable1992Chicken Man National Jewish Book Award for Children's Picture BookWinner1993Blessed Are YouSydney Taylor Book Award for Younger ReadersNotable2004Papa's LatkesSydney Taylor Book Award for Younger ReadersNotable2006Stinky Stern Forever Gryphon AwardWinner2017Sydney Taylor Book Award for Younger ReadersHonor2023Me and the BossCharlotte Zolotow AwardWinner
Publications
Jackson Friends books
Standalone books
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