NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
● ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book
● Children’s Literature Assembly of NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts
● Sid Fleischman Humor Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for Welcome To Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel
● Denise McCoy Legacy Award for Humor
● Agatha Award, Best Juvenile Mystery, The Crossroads
● Anthony Award, Best Juvenile Mystery, The Crossroads
● Agatha Award, Best Juvenile Mystery, The Hanging Hill / The Demon’s Door
● Agatha Award, Best Juvenile Mystery, The Black Heart Crypt
● Agatha Award, Best Juvenile Mystery, Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
● Golden Cowbell Award (International School Librarians teaching in Switzerland)
● Panda Book Award (International Librarians in China)
● Sakura Medal List (International Schools in Japan)
● Association for Library Service to Children’s “TWEEN RECOMMENDED READS”
● Bank Street’s Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults
● Goodreads Choice Nominee
● Amazon Best Books of the Year
● Nerdie Winner (Nerdy Book Club)
● Listen Up—Children/Young Adult (Editor’s Choice)
● Junior Library Guild selection
● Audie Finalist
NATIONAL LISTS
● New York Times bestseller list: Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
● New York Times bestseller list: Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
● New York Times bestseller list: Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race
● New York Times bestseller list: The Island of Dr. Libris
● New York Times bestseller list: Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel
● New York Times bestseller list: Treasure Hunters
● New York Times bestseller list: I Funny
● New York Times bestseller list: Word of Mouse
● New York Times bestseller list: Jacky Ha-Ha
● New York Times bestseller list: House of Robots
● New York Times bestseller list: Max Einstein
● New York Times bestseller list: Katt Vs. Dogg
● New York Times bestseller list: Pottymouth and Stoopid
● New York Times bestseller list: Best Nerds Forever
● Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post
● Best Books of the Year: Southern California Public Radio
● Best Books of the Year: Amazon
● Best Books of the Year: Parents Magazine
● Best Books of the Year: The Columbus Dispatch
● Best Books of the Year: Atlanta Parents Magazine
● Book of the Month: Barnes & Noble
STATE AWARDS
● Beehive Book Award (Utah) Nominee
● Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland) Winner!
● Blue Hen Award (Delaware) Winner!
● Bluestem Award (Illinois) Nominee
● Buckeye Children’s & Teen Book Award (Ohio) Winner!
● California Young Reader Medal Winner!
● Charlotte Award (New York State Reading Association) Nominee
● Colorado Children’s Book Award List
● Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s (Vermont) Book Award Winner!
● Flicker Tale Children’s Award (North Dakota) Winner!
● Garden State Children’s Book Award (New Jersey) Winner!
● Georgia Children’s Book Award Nominee
● Golden Archer (Wisconsin) Award Nominee
● Golden Sower (Nebraska) Award Winner!
● Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona) Winner!
● Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan) Nominee
● Great Stone Face Award (New Hampshire) Winner!
● Indian Paintbrush (Wyoming) Book Award Winner!
● Iowa Children’s Choice Award Nominee
● Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award Nominee
● Magnolia Award (Mississippi) Winner!
● Maine Student Book Award Winner!
● Mark Twain Readers Award (Missouri) Winner!
● Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Nominee
● Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (Minnesota Young Reader Award) Winner!
● Nēnē Award (Hawaii) Nominee
● North Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominee
● Nutmeg Book Award (Connecticut) Nominee
● Oregon Readers Choice Award Winner!
● Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Readers’ Choice Award Winner!
● Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award Nominee
● Prairie Pasque (South Dakota) Nominee
● Rhode Island Children’s Book Award Winner!
● South Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominee
● Sunshine State Young Reader Award (Florida) Winner!
● Virginia’s Reader’s Choice State Book Award Winner!
● Volunteer State Book Award (Tennessee) Winner!
● William Allen White Kansas State Award Winner!
● Young Hoosier (Indiana) Book Award Winner!
Interviews / Press
“Chris chats with Christopher at ‘Unban Coolies’” (2024)
“New ‘Lemoncello’ Book Brings Chris Grabenstein Back to the Classroom” Publishers Weekly (2022)
“What I Love: Chris Grabenstein at Home on the Upper West Side” The New York Times (2016)
“Chris Grabenstein: 2018 National Book Festival” Library of Congress, video (2018)
“How To Grab Your Reader’s Attention with Chris Grabenstein” The SCBWI Podcast (2023)
“Chris Grabenstein on Writing Books For Kids” The Children’s Book Review/Growing Readers Podcast (2023)
“Making Mr. Lemoncello Proud: Chris Grabenstein on the Value of Libraries Today” Brightly (2017)
“Level, Plumb, and Square with Chris Grabenstein” First Draft with Sarah Enni Podcast (2021)
“SHINE with Children’s Author Chris Grabenstein” On The Right Road Podcast (2022)
“Chris Grabenstein Meets Us at The Lamp-Post” Read To Them, video interview (2022)
“Chris Grabenstein Visits The Yarn!” School Library Journal podcast (2019)
“Mr. Lemoncello and the Nerdy Nation Thinking Outside The Box” Nerdy Book club post (2014)
“Not Just for the Laughs: The Value of Comedy in Middle Grade Reads” Brightly (2020)
“Me, Mad, and Mr. Lemoncello” The Nerdy Book Club blog (2015)
“Interview with a Children’s Book Writer: Chris Grabenstein” (2022)
“Getting to Know Chris Grabenstein” Bound To Stay Bound Bookstore (2022)
“Q & A with Chris and J.J. Grabenstein” Publishers Weekly (2019)
“Four Questions for…Chris Grabenstein” Publishers Weekly (2016)
“Students Celebrate award-winning author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library” Warwick Beacon (2015)
“The Writer’s Block: An Interview with Chris Grabenstein” Middle Grade Mojo (2014)
“7 Questions for Author Chris Grabenstein” Middle Grade Ninja (2010)