Awards
Rukhsana's books have received/been nominated for the following
awards:
Big Red Lollipop:
New York Times ten
best picture books, 2010
Charlotte Zolotow Award, best picture book text, 2011
Golden Kite Award, best picture book text, 2011
Selected as a Junior Library Guild
Choice, 2010
Bank Street College Best Books of the Year 2011, under 5 category
Kirkus list of 2010 Best Children's Books
Nominated for Georgia Children's Book Award 2012
Nominated for Maine Chickadee Award 2011-2012
Wanting Mor:
WINNER of the 2009 Middle East Book Award (Youth Fiction Category)
USBBY Outstanding International Books List
IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
The Society of School Librarians International Honor Award
Nominated Muslim Writer's Award
Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Top Ten Fiction List
Capital Choices Noteworth Titles for Children & Teens
2010 Skipping Stones Honor Book
Nominated Rocky Mountain Book Award 2011
Nominated Red Cedar Award 2011/2012
Nominated Red Dot Award
Nominated 2010/2011 Hackmatack Award
Nominated for 2010 National IODE Violet Downey Award
Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books 2010 Starred selection
A New Life:
Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books 2010
selection
Silly Chicken:
Illustrator Yunmee Kyong won Ezra Jack Keats award for best new illustrator 2006
A Resource Links Best book
Ruler of the Courtyard:
Nick Jr. Magazine (Dec. 2003) Chose Ruler of the Courtyard as the Most Suspenseful Story of the Year
Muslim Child:
Nova Scotia Hackmatack Award--shortlisted 2001
A Canadian Children's Book Centre 'Our Choice' Book
Dahling if You Luv Me Would You Please Please Smile:
Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Honour Award, 2001
Ruth Schwartz Award--shortlisted 2000
Red Maple Award--shortlisted 2000
The Roses in My Carpets:
Honorary
Januscz Korczak Award from the Polish Chapter of the International Board
on Books for Young People, 1998.
Click Here to See Rukhsana receiving the
Januscz Korczak Award in Capetown, South Africa at the IBBY Congress.
Rukhsana has received the following
personal awards:
- The Award of Excellence
from the Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals (CAMP)
Toronto chapter, 2008
- The Communication & Leadership Award from the District
60 branch of Toastmasters, 2004
- The Literature Award from the Canadian Islamic
Congress, 2004