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Awards & Honors
Ranger Rick has long been recognized as the leading nature magazine for kids aged 7 and up. It has won some of the most prestigious awards and honors in educational publishing:
Association of Educational Publishers (www.aepweb.org) Distinguished Achievement Award Winner
2011
- Periodical of the Year for Children (Grades K-5)
- Best Feature Article ("Got Blood?" October 2010)
- Best Visual Story ("Creature Features" June-July 2010)
- Best Photograph ("Frog and Earthworm" June-July 2010)
2010
- Periodical of the Year for Children (Grades K-5)
- Best Feature Story ("Nature Did It First" April 2009)
- Best Visual Story ("Wild and Weird" October 2009)
- Best Photograph (April 2009)
2009
- Best Design/Whole Publication (October 2008 issue)
- Best Article Design (“Noisy Boys Band” September 2008)
- Best Feature Article (“Noisy Boys Band” September 2008)
2008
- Best Visual Story (“Island of the Bats” October 2007)
- Best Photograph (“Fruit Eating Bat” October 2007)
2007
- Best Magazine Illustration ("What's Lurking in Your Lawn?" September 2006)
- Best Visual Article ("Skin" December 2006)
- Best Feature Story ("The Scoop on Poop" March 2006)
- Best Visual Story ("Hum, Hum Hummers" June 2006)
2006
2004
- Best Feature Article ("Meat-Eating Plants" November 2003)
2003
- Best Feature Article ("Open Wide, Look Inside, It's Alive!" February 2002)
- Best Illustration ("Open Wide, Look Inside, It's Alive!" February 2002)
- Best How-To Feature ("Good Pet, Bad Pet" June 2002)
- Best Visual Story ("Wahoo, Kangaroo!" February 2002)
2001
- Golden Lamp Award finalist
- Winner for Best Visual Story ("All About Me" June 2000)
Note: Before 2000 or so, the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) was known as EdPress.
1998
- EdPress Winner for Primates Special Issue (October 1997 issue)
1993
- EdPress Golden Lamp Honor Award
1992
- EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award
1988
- EdPress Golden Lamp Award for best overall magazine (October 1997 issue)
Parents' Choice Foundation (www.parentschoice.com)
- Parents' Choice Foundation Gold Medal, 2011
- Parents' Choice Foundation Silver Medal, 2010
- Parents' Choice Foundation Gold Medal, 2009
- Parent's Choice Foundation, Gold Medal, 2008
- Parents’ Choice Foundation, Award Winner, 2006, for NWF: Kids & Families website
- Parents' Choice Foundation, Gold Medal, 2003
- Parents' Choice Foundation, Gold Medal, 1999
- Parents' Choice Foundation, Gold Medal, 1996
The Learning Magazine Teachers' Choice Awards (click here)
2007
- Teachers' Choice Award for the Family
2006
- Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family (for Ranger Rick magazine and its Educator’s Guide)
Other Awards:
- 2001 - Folio Editorial Excellence Award Silver Winner for Outstanding Editorial Work
- 1996 - Society of National Association Publishers General Excellence Award
- 1991 - National Magazine Award finalist for special issue on frogs