Awards and Professional Activities
Jan's books have been named to the following award lists:
Texas Bluebonnet Award
New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award
New Hampshire Great Stoneface Award
Iowa Children's Choice Award
Maryland Children's Book Award
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Award
Sasquatch Reading Award
Sequoyah Reading Award
South Carolina Children's Book Award
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
Volunteer State Book Award
West Virginia Children's Book Award
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
Kansas State Reading Circle
Lamplighter Award
National Council of Teachers of English
Reading Corner
Bank Street School Reading List
World Kindness Day Book List
Educational honors:
2023 New York State ELA Exam Writing Excerpt
Scholastic Book Club Selection
Harcourt Brace Reading Series Featured
Selection
Judy Bradbury's Children's Book Corner
Selection Grades 5-6
Professional activites:
Member of SCBWI, BNCWI, ALA, NYLA
Roycroft Campus Writing Camp Instructor
NY State Level Judge - Women's Club Writing
Contest for Children
Participant in Rochester City Schools
"Festival to Go" Virtual Author
Program
Contributing Writer for WNED Documentary
Elbert Hubbard: an American Original
Educator's Guide