Ohioana Alice Louise Wood Memorial
Award For Children's Literature: 2005
Jan Wahl of Toledo OH
Read Jan Wahl's Award Acceptance Remarks
 Jan Wahl is the
author of well over 100 children’s books. Born in Columbus and raised in Toledo, Wahl earned his bachelor’s
degree at Cornell University, where he was a student of Vladimir Nabokov’s. A Fulbright scholarship to the
University of Copenhagen led to working with director Carl Theodor Dreyer on the classic film Ordet (The Word)
and serving as secretary for a time to author Isak Dinesen as she wrote Last Tales.
His work has received
numerous awards, among them the Avery Hopwood Award in fiction from the University of Michigan,
an American Library Association Notable Book citation and the Parents’ Choice Literary Award.
Selected Publications From Last 10 Years
The Enchanted Sled, 2005
Knock! Knock!, 2004
Candy Shop, 2004
Rabbits on Mars, 2003
Elf Night, 2002
Magic Heart, 2001
The Fieldmouse and the Dinosaur Named Sue, 2000
Mabel Ran Away with the Toys, 2000
Three Pandas, 2000
Christmas Present, 1999
Little Johnny Buttermilk, 1999
The Singing Geese, 1998
I Met a Dinosaur, 1997
Once When the World Was Green, 1996
Jack Rabbit and the Giant, 1996
Cats and Robbers, 1995
Emily and the Snowflake, 1995
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