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Awards for Reading Rockets

National recognition

Reading Rockets has received numerous national awards and recognition for our television programs and websites. Browse the list below.


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In 2016, the Reading Rockets project received the David M. Rubenstein Prize, the top honor in the prestigious Library of Congress Literacy Awards program (opens in a new window). The Library of Congress Literacy Awards honor organizations working to promote literacy and reading in the United States and worldwide.

PBS television programs

Adventures in Summer Learning (web show)

  • Communicator Award, Silver Award of Distinction
  • International Davey Awards Silver Medal Winner
  • Telly Awards Bronze Medal Winner

Toddling Toward Reading

  • Gold Communicator Award
  • Telly Awards Silver Medal Winner

A Chance to Read

  • CINE Golden Eagle Award
  • Finalist in the Children’s Health category, International Health & Medical Media Awards (the Freddie Awards), 2008
  • Gold World Medal at the International Film and Video Competition of New York, 2008
  • Silver Award of Distinction, 14th Annual Communicator Awards (International Academy of the Visual Arts), 2008

Reading and the Brain

  • First Place in the Children’s Health category, International Health & Medical Media Awards (the Freddie Awards), 2007
  • Silver World Medal at the International Film and Video Competition of New York, 2007

Reading Rocks!

  • Parents’ Choice (opens in a new window) Silver Honor Award winner

    “Parents of children who have learning disabilities might find this especially reassuring, interesting, and informative…[T]he show…is enlightening and fun to watch.”

Launching Young Readers

  • First Place Gold Camera award from the 36th Annual International Film and Video Festival
  • Four Silver Statuettes and a Bronze Statuette from the 24th Annual Telly Awards

A Tale of Two Schools

  • CINE Special Jury Prize
  • CINE Golden Eagle Award
  • Unity Award in Media
  • Finalist, New York Festivals 2005 International Television Programming and Promotion Awards

Empowering Parents

  • CINE Golden Eagle Award
  • New York Festivals TV Finalist
  • 2006 IRA Broadcast Media Award for Television
  • Telly Awards Bronze Medal Winner

Becoming Bilingual

  • CINE Golden Eagle Award
  • Telly Awards Bronze Medal Winner

Websites

ReadingRockets.org

Start with a Book

ColorinColorado.org

pbs.org/twoschools

  • Washington, D.C., ADDY Award for Best Public Service Web Site of 2003

pbs.org/launchingreaders

  • eSchool News Site of the Week, February 2003
  • Cool Site of the Day, November 12, 2002
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