Awards

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

I am honored to announce that So You Want To Be A Race Car Driver has been named the Winner of the Sports category in the 2026 Literary Global Children's Book Awards — 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 eight titles in the series recognized in a single year and across multiple categories is more than I could have hoped for. My deepest thanks to the awards committee, 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.