Awards
New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award Ballot Finalist
- Product: H is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2008
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List
- Product: Rudy Rides the Rails
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List (NCSS & CBC cooperative project)
- Product: Pappy's Handkerchief
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List (NCSS & CBC Cooperative project)
- Product: D is for Drinking Gourd: An African American Alphabet
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
Notable Wisconsin Children's Author of the Year by the Wisconsin Library Association
- Product: Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
NYSRA Suggested Reading List--Intermediate
- Product: The Last Brother
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
NYSRA Suggested Reading List--Intermediate
- Product: Rebekkah's Journey
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
NYSRA Suggested Reading List--Intermediate
- Product: H is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
NYSRA Suggested Reading List--Primary
- Product: Let Them Play
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
NYSRA Suggested Reading List: Primary & Intermediate
- Product: Someday Is Not a Day of the Week
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008