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Received the 2004 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award for the American Girl® Hopscotch Hill SchoolTM Series. The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio® is a New York consumer organization that provides the only authoritative, independent review of children's toys. http://www.toyportfolio.com/
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Today Show 9/15/03 Top Toys For Kids featured the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio top 5 toys.
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NY Times book review of Exploding Gravy: Poems to Make You Laugh, 8/11/02. "illustrated with spirited drawings by Joy Allen, is sillier yet, even goofy"
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Excellence in Media 2002 Silver Angel Award for Mud Pie Annie. Written by Sue Buchannan and Dana Schafer. "delightful celebration of creativity"
http://www.angelawards.com/2002print.html
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Front cover feature of - Zonderkids (Zondervan/Harper Collins) 2001
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Profiled artist in Children‘s Writers & Illustrators Market, 1999 p172, p62, p147
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Profiled artist in Artists & Graphics Designers Market, 1999 p.346
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Publisher's Weekly Children‘s Fall 2003 issue front cover.
Publisher‘s Weekly review of Exploding Gravy 2002 "Allen's playful drawings strike just the right note"
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LA Times article "‘A’ Is for Art" by Therese K. Lee pp E1-E2. 8/5/1998. "Her whimsical pictures look handpainted"
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2001 Spring Catalog back cover feature of Rising Moons: www.northlandpub.com
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Micro Publishing News featured artist, July 1998 ppN8
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Editor's choice in US Art Gallery 1998
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Kirkus Reviews of Being Friends 2002 "energetic, full bleed illustrations capture the unique individuality of each girl through dress, action, and expression...a delight to look at"
Booklist 2002 of Being Friends "spirited paintings, with the focus on the girl‘s facial expressions, capture the joy and energy behind a true childhood friendship" Kathy Broderick
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Florida Times-Union 4/16 2001 My Best Friend Bear "the cozy feel...will surely make for sweet dreams;quot; http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/041601/dsr_5921615.html
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School Library Journal My Best Friend Bear 2001 "the illustrations mix pen and ink with watercolor and colored pencil are active and joyous"
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Artwork on display at Every Picture Tells a Story at: http://www.everypicture.com
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