English: In total, “The Rubbish Monster”, has won 12 awards, including Multichoice Vuka!, 5th Kalamazoo Animation Festival International and Animation Exchange Best of the Best and it was also featured in The Filmmakers' Guide to South Africa: 10th Anniversary Edition as the Review of the Decade. It led to Cambridge University Press publishing his children’s book adaptation in 2009, and it was translated into a Swedish version called Skräpmonstret and four book syndications. Braam’s involvement with his book didn't stop with the publication, he is single handedly promoting the environmental awareness all over the world and has already managed to sell twice as many copies as the next best selling title in the Rainbow Reading Series, which boasts 350 titles in the series.