When the Theodore Seuss Geisel committee called and said Stop! Bot! won the 2020 Geisel award,”It was like a lighting bolt,” James says. According to the ALA, “The Geisel Award is given to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year. Award winners are recognized for their literary and artistic achievements that demonstrate creativity and imagination to engage children in reading.” And as James’s representative David Goldman told us ,”This award is like winning an Oscar! Hearing that book stores are selling out of the book in droves thus far has been a dream come true for Team Yang. Plus the fact, the new book is about to hit shelves soon and will now feature that coveted shiny seal on each new book’s cover promoting the famous Geisel award distinction.”