Thanks, everyone! The book is indeed Miranda's Smile, which I just bought through Amazon. It appears not to have won any awards, but it should have . . . .

You can see some of the illustrations of Miranda's Smile here-- http://archive.org/details/mirandassmile00lock

Is that it?

Miranda's Smile by Thomas Locker?

http://www.amazon.com/Mirandas-Smile-Thomas-Locker/dp/0803716885/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355116276&sr=1-20&keywords=artist+daughter

I just searched Artist's daughter in Amazon under children's picture books. This looks promising.

No but it sounds wonderful.

Anonymous wrote:No, but have you ever seen "Ten Minutes 'til Bedtime?" Great art work. Every time I look at the drawings I find something new.

You should also read Good Night Gorilla. There are references to that book in Ten Minutes. Awesome.

Sorry, OP, I don't have a clue about that one.

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia

This page lists different types of awards given to children's books, and the winners, current and previous years. If you look through there, you might be able to find it.

Do you know which award it won?

Do you know about how long ago it was written?

That might help

No, but have you ever seen "Ten Minutes 'til Bedtime?" Great art work. Every time I look at the drawings I find something new.

I'm trying to find the title of a children's book, one which won awards but none of the librarians can recall reading or seeing! It's a picture book about an artist who decides to paint his young daughter. He can't capture the likeness, but she continues to bring him cookies every day and poses for and supports him. He concludes there's something wrong with the mouth in his painting and spends days trying to fix it. Again, each day, the daughter brings a plate of cookies. Finally he realizes that the girl's personality is in her eyes, not her mouth. He adjusts the eyes and the painting is perfect.

Anyone know the title? The illustrations were great.