Kelly Milner Halls' Awards and Honors
New Jersey Garden State nominee 2014 -- In Search of Sasquatch
New Jersey Garden State nominee 2011 -- Wild Horses
Kirkus Best Book of 2012 -- Girl Meets Boy
Cybil Nominee 2012 -- Girl Meets Boy
Bank Street College Best Book 2012 -- Girl Meets Boy
NYPL Top 100 Children's Books 2011 -- In Search of Sasquatch
Bank Street College Best Book 2010 -- Saving the Baghdad Zoo
VOYA Nonfiction Honor List 2010 --Saving the Baghdad Zoo
Parents' Choice Silver Award 2011 -- Saving the Baghdad Zoo
Lone Star Reading List 2008 -- Tales of the Cryptids
YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2012 -- Girl Meets Boy
YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2011 -- In Search of Sasquatch
YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2006-- Tales of the Cryptids
YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2004-- Albino Animals
Orbis Pictus Recommended 2006—Wild Dogs
Orbis Pictus Recommended, 2005—Albino Animals
Conservation Book of the Year, 2005—Wild Dogs
VOYA Honor List 2004—Dinosaur Mummies
California, Maine, Pennsylvania, Washington, New Jersey, and Texas state award nominee -- Tales of the Cryptids
Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist 2007—Tales of the Cryptids
Benjamin Franklin Award, 2006—Wild Dogs
Benjamin Franklin Award, 2004—Albino Animals
IRA/CBC Children's Choice, 2006—Wild Dogs
ASPCA Henry Bergh Award Nominee, 2006—Wild Dogs
Washington Organization for Reading Development (WORD) Storyteller Award, 2004
Booklist 2003 Top Ten Science Book for Young Readers—Dinosaur Mummies
National Science Teachers Association Recommended Book—Dinosaur Mummies
Booklist Starred Review—Dinosaur Mummies
American Bookseller Pick of the List—Dino Trekking
Lamplighter Award Nominee 2006/2007—Albino Animals
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Wild Horses
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Mysteries of the Mummy Kids
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Tales of the Cryptids
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Dinosaur Mummies
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Wild Dogs
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Albino Animals
New Jersey Garden State nominee 2011 -- Wild Horses
Kirkus Best Book of 2012 -- Girl Meets Boy
Cybil Nominee 2012 -- Girl Meets Boy
Bank Street College Best Book 2012 -- Girl Meets Boy
NYPL Top 100 Children's Books 2011 -- In Search of Sasquatch
Bank Street College Best Book 2010 -- Saving the Baghdad Zoo
VOYA Nonfiction Honor List 2010 --Saving the Baghdad Zoo
Parents' Choice Silver Award 2011 -- Saving the Baghdad Zoo
Lone Star Reading List 2008 -- Tales of the Cryptids
YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2012 -- Girl Meets Boy
YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2011 -- In Search of Sasquatch
YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2006-- Tales of the Cryptids
YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 2004-- Albino Animals
Orbis Pictus Recommended 2006—Wild Dogs
Orbis Pictus Recommended, 2005—Albino Animals
Conservation Book of the Year, 2005—Wild Dogs
VOYA Honor List 2004—Dinosaur Mummies
California, Maine, Pennsylvania, Washington, New Jersey, and Texas state award nominee -- Tales of the Cryptids
Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist 2007—Tales of the Cryptids
Benjamin Franklin Award, 2006—Wild Dogs
Benjamin Franklin Award, 2004—Albino Animals
IRA/CBC Children's Choice, 2006—Wild Dogs
ASPCA Henry Bergh Award Nominee, 2006—Wild Dogs
Washington Organization for Reading Development (WORD) Storyteller Award, 2004
Booklist 2003 Top Ten Science Book for Young Readers—Dinosaur Mummies
National Science Teachers Association Recommended Book—Dinosaur Mummies
Booklist Starred Review—Dinosaur Mummies
American Bookseller Pick of the List—Dino Trekking
Lamplighter Award Nominee 2006/2007—Albino Animals
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Wild Horses
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Mysteries of the Mummy Kids
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Tales of the Cryptids
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Dinosaur Mummies
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Wild Dogs
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection—Albino Animals
Magazine honors
Highlights Best Arts Feature of 2008 Award
Ed Press Finalist, June 2000—Materialism Bug, Guideposts for Kids
Ed Press Finalist, Archaeology's DIG, June 2000
Highlights Best Science Feature of 1995 Award
Highlights Best Nonfiction Feature Award, April 1996
Ed Press Finalist, June 2000—Materialism Bug, Guideposts for Kids
Ed Press Finalist, Archaeology's DIG, June 2000
Highlights Best Science Feature of 1995 Award
Highlights Best Nonfiction Feature Award, April 1996
Others
Dinosaurus Magazine, Senior Contributing Editor
The Book Report/Kids Reads Executive Editor—14 months
Archaeology's Dig, Contributing Editor
Dino Times, Contributing Editor
US Kids—Seventeen cover stories from 1996 to 1998
The Book Report/Kids Reads Executive Editor—14 months
Archaeology's Dig, Contributing Editor
Dino Times, Contributing Editor
US Kids—Seventeen cover stories from 1996 to 1998
