Jory was also a recipient of the 2020 Children’s Choice Book Award, the only national book awards selected exclusively by young readers.

His books were also twice-nominated for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in England, won the ALA Reluctant Young Readers Award, and have been named an Irish Times Best Children’s Book of the Year and a National Public Radio Best Children’s Book of the Year. Jory's books have won numerous state book awards, most recently the Oregon Spirit Book Award, the Hawaii’s Children’s Choice Book Award (the Nēnē), the North Carolina Children's Book Award, the Florida Sunshine State Reading Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award of Vermont, the Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award, the Volunteer State Book Award of Tennessee, the North Dakota Library Association Flicker Tale Award, the South Carolina Children's Book Award, the Oregon Spirit Book Award Honor Prize, and his work was shortlisted for the Texas Bluebonnet Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and is currently a finalist for the Arkansas Diamond Book Award. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages. He is also the author of the popular picture books, Penguin Problems, Giraffe Problems, and Cat Problems, all illustrated by Lane Smith, the award-winning Goodnight Already! series, illustrated by Benji Davies, the New York Times bestselling Terrible Two series, the recent picture books Quit Calling Me a Monster! (with Bob Shea), First Day Critter Jitters (with Liz Climo), Something’s Wrong! (with Erin Kraan) and the international bestseller, All my friends are dead, among many other books for both children and adults. Jory's work includes the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Good Egg, the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Sour Grape, and the #2 New York Times bestselling picture book, The Bad Seed, all illustrated by Pete Oswald. Jory John is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time E.B.

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