despite feeding and caring for Stellaluna after she was separated from her mother. After Stellaluna reunites with her mother, she continues her relationship with her bird siblings, but the bird mother is not included. Reception and cultural impact Stellaluna was a commercial success, selling over two million copies in North America alone. Additionally, it was translated into thirty languages. It was a New York Times bestseller and appeared on the Parents magazine list of top 50 children's books, as well as in the New York Timess "50 Years of Children's Books" review. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. In October 1994, Stellaluna was featured on the PBS children's show Reading Rainbow, where it was narrated by actress Anne Jackson. Stellaluna is referenced in the 2001 American film I Am Sam. Lucy, the daughter of a man with an intellectual disability, reads part of the book out loud, intentionally stumbling over the word "different". Cannon also stated that she has met children named "Stellaluna" after the character. Awards Stellaluna won many awards: 1994: American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Children's Winner 1995: Delaware Diamonds Award—Grades K-2 1995: Keystone to Reading Book Award—Children's 1996: Utah Beehive Picture Book Award (nominee) 1996: California Young Reader Medal—Primary 1996: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children 1998: Buckaroo Book Award—Children's 2014: Indies Choice Book Award—Picture Book Hall of Fame Adaptations In 1996, the book was adapted into an interactive PC version from Living Books. The Living Books version has the text and illustrations of the book, as well as songs and additional content like scientific bat facts, more pictures, and quizzes. This version has also since been adapted into an interactive mobile app by Wanderful Interactive Storybooks. In 1999, there were plans for a Stelluna animated series that would have been produced by Tundra Productions and Atomic Cartoons. The series was never picked up. In 2004, a 41-minute direct-to-video animated musical featurette very loosely based on Stellaluna was released by MGM Home Entertainment. Actress Chiara Zanni voiced the character Stellaluna. Other main voice actors were Kathleen Barr, Lee Tockar as the spider, and Scott McNeil. It was re-released on DVD in 2012 with a bonus