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Big Backyard has been recognized with some of the most prestigious awards and honors in educational publishing.

Parents' Choice Foundation

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2012 • Parents' Choice Gold Medal

2011 • Parents' Choice Gold Medal

2010 • Parents' Choice Gold Medal

2009 • Parents' Choice Gold Medal

2008 • Parents' Choice Silver Medal

2007 • Parents' Choice Approved Magazine

2000 • Parents' Choice Recommended Magazine

2011 Awards

Winner

• Article Design: "Meet My Family" (1/10)
• Cover Design: "Animal Moms" (5/10)
• Visual Story Design: "What's for Dinner?" (9/10)
• Whole Publication Design

Finalist

• Article Design: "Bubbles" (6/10)
• Visual Story Design: "At Home in the Desert" (8/10)
• Department/Column: "Ever Wonder?"
• Feature Article: "Hummingbirds" (5/10)
• Fiction: "Winter Birds" (1/10)
• Periodical of the Year

2010 Awards

Winner

• Visual Story Design: "Run with the Wolves" (10/09)
• Cover Design: "Out and About with Raccoons" (8/09)
• Fiction: "Ricky and Pals"

Finalist

• Department/Column: "Ever Wonder?"
• Feature Article: "Out and About with Raccoons" (8/09)
• Feature Article: "Take a Peak at Beaks (9/09)

2009 Awards

Winner

• Feature Article: "Hair: What’s It Fur?" (3/08)
• Whole Publication Design
• Visual Story Design: "Hiding in Plain Sight" (10/08)
• Department/Column: "Explore the Big Outdoors"
• Fiction: "Fishy Poems" (5/08)

• K–5 Periodical of the Year
• Article Design: "Animal Shapes" (6/08)
• Article Design: "Fishy Poems" (5/08)
• Article Design: "Look-Alikes" (9/08)
• Visual Story Design: "Daddy Day Care" (8/08)
• Visual Story Design: "Den Mother: (3/08)
• Illustration: "Below the Snow: (12/08)
• Feature Article: "Go for the Gold!" (8/08)
• Department/Column: "Green Hour"
• Department/Column: "My Little Book"
• Fiction: "Penguins on Parade" (11/08)

2008 Awards

Winner

• Whole Publication Design

• Department/Column: "My Little Book"
• Fiction: "Olive and Max"

2007 Awards

Winner

• K–5 Periodical of the Year

• Visual Story Design: "Skin" (8/06)

2005 Awards

• Golden Lamp Award for Best Educational Periodical
• Most Improved Children’s Magazine

2004 Awards

• Best Photograph: "Hippopotamus" (2/03)

2003 Awards

• Best Photograph: "Red-Eyed Tree Frogs" (2/02)

2002 Awards

• Best Series: "Nature in My Neighborhood"

Aveda Environmental Award

• Bronze, 2006