Awards and Honors:
 
Charlotte Award, 2012 - Nominee
 
Children's Choices Book Awards, 2011 - Winner
"3rd Grade  to 4th Grade Book of the Year"
 
Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, 2010 - finalist

Children's Choices Book Awards, 2010 - Winner
"3rd Grade  to 4th Grade Book of the Year"

North Dakota's Flicker Tale, 2012 - Nominee

Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices, (LL1, LL2, LL3), 2010

Junior Library Guild Selection, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2005
 
Kid's Indie Next List from Kids Indie Booksellers, 2009
 
Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Best Books of 2009

Tennesse's Volunteer State Award, 2008 – finalist
 
South Carolina Picture Book Award, 2007 – finalist
 
Abilene ISD Mockingbird Award, 2007- winner
 
The Texas Librarians Association 2X2 Master Reading List 2006
 
Child Magazine Best Books of the Year Award, 2005 - winner
 
ReadBoston’s Best Read Aloud Book of the Year Award 2006 - winner
 
The Wisconsin State Golden Archer Award , 2006 – winner
 
RISD Alumni Council Service and Leadership Award, 2005 - winner
 
The Missouri Building Block Award, 2005 - winner
 
Virginia Young Readers Award 2005, finalist
 
Michigan Library Association Mitten Award, 2005 - finalist
 
Nevada Young Readers Award 2004, finalist
 
Print Magazine’s Top  20 New Visual Artists Under 30, 2003
 
Top Picks for Kids, Newsweek, 2002
 
The IRA/CBC Children’s Choice Award, 2002, 2004 - winner
Jarrett's books have been
 recommended by:

Newsweek

USA Today

New York Times

The Wall Street Journal

PBS TeacherSource

NPR

Time for Kids

Scholastic Parent and Child

Cookie Magazine

Family Fun

Center for Children's Books Bulletin

The Boston Globe

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The New York Post

Time Out NY Kids

The Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Sun-Times

The Miami Herald

The Wichita Eagle

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Austin American-Stateseman

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The Akron Beacon Journal

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