Honors, Awards, and Distinctions
Whenever my books are honored, I feel like hugging my cat and doing a happy dance. Hooray!
And on those days when a manuscript is misbehaving badly, they're a nice reminder that manuscripts can be tamed—and even win an award!
Away with Words, the Daring Story of Isabella Bird (Peachtree)
Parent's Choice Recommended Award Winner 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People /NCSS/CBC/2020
Chicken Lily (Henry Holt)
South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) 2018-2019 South Carolina Book Award Nominee
Cindy Moo (HarperCollins)
2013 2x2 Reading List, Texas Library Association
One of HarperCollins 11 Essential Books for Newborns
Scholastic Book Club Selection
Come See the Earth Turn, The Story of Leon Foucault (Tricycle Press/Random House)
Winner of 2011 NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for K-12
Smithsonian's Notable Book for Children 2010
Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg (Houghton Mifflin)
2016 Charlotte Award Nominee
Winner of 2013 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award
One of Bank Street College's Best Books for 2014
One of Amazon's Best Picture Books of 2013
Cowpoke Clyde Rides the Range (Houghton Mifflin)
Rhyme Revolution's Best Rhyming Picture Book of 2016
2018 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee
If Wendell Had a Walrus (Henry Holt)
ILF (Indiana Library Federation) Young Hoosier Award Book
In the Trees, Honey Bees! (Dawn Publications)
2012 California Readers Collection Winner
2010-2011 FL Reading Association's Children Book Awards Nominee
2010 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner
2010 NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Book K-12 Winner
2009 Silver Moonbeam Children's Books Awards Winner
2009 IWLA Book of the Year Award Recipient
2009 iParenting Media Awards for Outstanding Product
Gold Mom's Choice Award Winner
Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey (Versify)
Amazon Best Books of the Month: Nonfiction for Kids