Reviews & Recognition

Take a look at some of the wonderful reviews for Gnome Road books and join us as we congratulate our authors and illustrators on important awards and recognition for their work. We are proud to have published these amazing stories!

RAVE REVIEWS AND RECOGNITION

HOW TO HATCH A WRITER - School Library Journal (May 2025)

ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS - A 2025 CBC Children's Favorite Award Winner

NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - A 2025 CBC Librarians' Favorite Award Winner

THE SORRY SEEDS - A 2025 CBC Teachers' Favorite Award Winner

DEXTER: THE STAND UP DOG - Review, Midwest Book Review (Mar. 2025)

SLEEPY SEA - Review, Midwest Book Review (Mar. 2025)

KAI PO CHE: MINI'S PERFECT KITE - Publisher's Weekly (Mar. 2025)

TRUNK GOES THUNK! A WOODLAND TALE OF OPPOSITES - 2025-2026 Keystone to Reading Elementary Awards Preschool List

MOUSTERWORKS - Kirkus (Online Mar. 2025, Print ed. April 2025)

TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS - School Library Journal (Feb. 2025)

READY TO SMILE AGAIN - Kirkus (Online Dec. 2024; Print ed. Jan. 2025)

KAI PO CHE: MINI'S PERFECT KITE - Kirkus (Online Nov. 2024; Print ed. Jan 2025)

TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS - Kirkus (Online Oct. 2024; Print ed. Dec. 2024)

THE SORRY SEEDS (Nov. 2024)

TRUNK GOES THUNK! A WOODLAND TALE OF OPPOSITES (Nov. 2024)

ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS - School Library Journal (Nov. 2024)

EMILY SNOOK: THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK - School Library Journal (Oct. 2024)

FROM THE FARM, TO OUR TABLE - School Library Journal Online (Sept. 2024)

NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - School Library Journal Online (Sept. 2024)

EMILY SNOOK: THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK - Booklist (Oct. 2024)

TRUNK GOES THUNK! A WOODLAND TALE OF OPPOSITES - Booklist (Sep. 2024)

ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES - SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, Texas-Oklahoma Division (2024)

ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS - Publishers Weekly (Jul. 2024)

TANGO RED RIDING HOOD - 2024 Skipping Stones Multicultural Book Award.

THE SORRY SEEDS - Kirkus Reviews (Jul. 2024)

TRUNK GOES THUNK! A WOODLAND TALE OF OPPOSITES - Kirkus Reviews (Jul. 2024)

ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS - Kirkus Reviews (Jul. 2024)

EMILY SNOOK: THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK - Kirkus Reviews (Jul. 2024)

FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE - Foreward INDIES 2023 Picture Book of the Year - Honorable Mention (Jun. 2024)

NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - Los Angeles Book Review (May 2024)

ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES - A Bank Street College of Education "Best Children's Books of the Year"selection, (2024 ed.), Poetry, Ages 5 to 9!

SCIENCE, MATTER AND THE BASEBALL PARK - A Bank Street College of Education "Best Children's Books of the Year" selection (2024 ed.), STEM Category, Ages 5 to 9!

FROM THE FARM, TO OUR TABLE - CBC Hot-Off-the-Press "Nature's Cradle" Spotlight Feature selection (Apr. 2024)

OLD TO JOY - A 2024 CBC Librarians Favorite Award Winner (Top Ten!)

ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES - A 2024 CBC Teachers Favorite Award Winner

TANGO RED RIDING HOOD - Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award Honor Book (Apr. 2024)

THE IMPOSTER - School Library Journal (Apr. 2024); Midwest Book Review (Mar. 2024)

SEA SMILES - Midwest Book Review (Mar. 2024); The Children's Book Review (Mar. 2024)

FROM THE FARM, TO OUR TABLE - ALA Booklist 2024 Spring Youth Preview notable new title

NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - ALA Booklist 2024 Spring Youth Preview notable new title

SEA SMILES - CBC Hot-Off-the-Press Spotlight Feature (Feb. 2024)

NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - Foreward Review (Mar/Apr., 2024)

HOW TO HATCH A READER - Northern Lights Book Award - Humor Category!

ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES - Named a 2024 NSTA Best Science Trade Book

IN A CAVE - School Library Journal (July, 2023); Midwest Book Review (Sept. 2023)

MY PIANO - Starred Review, School Library Journal (July 2023)

TANGO RED RIDING HOOD - School Library Journal (July 2023)

OLD TO JOY - School Library Journal (Aug. 2023)

HOW TO HATCH A READER - School Library Journal (July 2023); Midwest Book Review (Sept. 2023)

SCIENCE, MATTER AND THE BASEBALL PARK - Story Monsters Purple Dragonfly Award, Honorable Mention STEM Book!

FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE - Midwest Book Review (July 2023)

LOVE WILL TURN YOU AROUND - Midwest Book Review (July 2023)

NUDI GILL: POISON POWERHOUSE OF THE SEA - 2023 Nevada "Great Reads from Great Places" National Book Fair Selection; Booklist (May 2023)

ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES: POEMS ABOUT EARTH'S COLORFUL CREATURES - School Library Journal (Jan. 2023) ; Academy of American Poets 2023 Summer Books for Young Readers List

SCIENCE, MATTER AND THE BASEBALL PARK - Booklist Online (Sept. 2023)