Awards

🏆 An Award-Winning Year for the So You Want To Be A… Series

It has been an extraordinary year for the series, with recognition from three respected awards programs across dozens of titles. I'm grateful and a little astonished, and I want to name each honor here.

Mom's Choice Award® — Gold

Twelve titles in the series have received the Mom's Choice Award Gold, honoring excellence in family-friendly media:

So You Want To Be An Astronaut
So You Want To Be A Veterinarian
So You Want To Be A Doctor
So You Want To Be A Marine Biologist
So You Want To Be A Police Officer
So You Want To Be A Zookeeper
So You Want To Be A Robot Builder
So You Want To Be A Roller Coaster Designer
So You Want To Be A Spy
So You Want To Be An Actor
So You Want To Be A Surgeon
So You Want To Be An Inventor

Literary Titan Gold Book Award

Seventeen titles have won the Literary Titan Gold Book Award:

So You Want To Be A Ballet Dancer
So You Want To Be A Crime Scene Investigator
So You Want To Be A Firefighter
So You Want To Be An Animator
So You Want To Be A Pilot
So You Want To Be A Vaccine Developer
So You Want To Be A Deep Sea Diver
So You Want To Be A Treasure Hunter
So You Want To Be A Professional Athlete
So You Want To Be A Toy Designer
So You Want To Be A Spy
So You Want To Be A Doctor
So You Want To Be An Actor
So You Want To Be A Roller Coaster Designer
So You Want To Be A Marine Biologist
So You Want To Be A Dinosaur Hunter
So You Want To Be A Video Game Designer

2026 Literary Global Children's Book Awards

So You Want To Be A Race Car Driver has been named the Winner of the Sports category — and seven additional titles in the series have been recognized as Finalists across five categories.

Winner — Sports

So You Want To Be A Race Car Driver

Finalists

Stunt Performer — Adventure & Sports
Explorer — Adventure
Veterinarian — Animals & Educational
Robot Builder — Educational & Nonfiction
Astronaut — Educational
Spy — Educational
Surgeon — Nonfiction

To see the series recognized this widely, across multiple programs and categories in a single year, is more than I could have hoped for. My deepest thanks to the awards committees, to the librarians and educators who place these books into curious hands, and to the families who have made this series part of their children's reading lives. There are many more titles ahead, and your support makes every one of them possible.