Bravos, Awards, and Hoorays
Whenever my books are honored, I feel like jumping up and down 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!
Arlo Draws an Octopus (Abrams)
Amazon Editors' Pick Best Books Ages 6-8, 2021
Cybils Awards Fiction Picture Book Finalist 2021
Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) Award Nominee 2022
Pennsylvania One Book 2025
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Away with Words, the Daring True Story of Explorer Isabella Bird (Peachtree)
Parent's Choice Recommended Award Winner 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People /NCSS/CBC/2020
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Chicken Lily (Henry Holt)
South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL)
2018-2019 South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee
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Cindy Moo (HarperCollins)
2013 2x2 Reading List, Texas Library Association
One of HarperCollins 11 Essential Books for Newborns
Scholastic Book Club Selection
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Come See the Earth Turn, The Story of Leon Foucault (Random House)
Winner of 2011 NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for K-12
Smithsonian's Notable Book for Children 2010
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Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg (Houghton Mifflin)
New York Times Bookshelf: The Wild West
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
2016 Charlotte Award Nominee
New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award Nominee
Treasure State Award Nominee
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Cowpoke Clyde Rides the Range (Houghton Mifflin)
Rhyme Revolution's Best Rhyming Picture Book of 2016
Bill Martin Jr Picture Book Award Nominee 2018
Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee 2018
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If Wendell Had a Walrus (Henry Holt)
ILF (Indiana Library Federation) Young Hoosier Award Book, 2018
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In the Trees, Honey Bees! (Sourcebooks/Random House)
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 Disney's iParenting Media Awards for Outstanding Product
Gold Mom's Choice Award Winner
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Nonsense! The Curious Story of Edward Gorey (HarperCollins)
Amazon Best Books of the Month: Nonfiction for Kids, 2020
Amazon, Editors' Pick, Best Nonfiction for Kids, 2020
New York Public Library's Best Books for Kids 2020
AML Picture Book Award 2020
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