Honors
Alexander first garnered significant critical acclaim with his The Chronicles of Prydain series. The second volume (The Black Cauldron) was a 1966 Newbery Honor Book; the fourth (Taran Wanderer) was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; the fifth and concluding volume (The High King) won the 1969 Newbery Medal
Many of Alexander's later books were praised. The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian won the 1971 National Book Award in category Children's Books and Westmark also won a 1982 National Book Award. The Fortune-Tellers, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, won the 1992 Boston Globe – Horn Book Award in the illustrated category.
Alexander was included in the 1972 volume of the reference series, Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators and he received at least three lifetime achievement awards. In 1991, the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book bestowed upon him the Pennbook Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he received the Parent's Choice Foundation's first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2003, Alexander was recognized for Life Achievement from the World Fantasy Awards.
On January 28, 2010 an exhibit opened at the Harold B. Lee Library on the campus of Brigham Young University, displaying several items from Alexander's home office, which he referred to as "the Box." Items include manuscripts, editions of all his books, his violin, typewriter, and desk.
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