Awards
Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee
- Product: Penny: The Forgotten Coin
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2004
KIND Children's Honor Book (National Assoc. for Humane and Environmental Education)
- Product: Adopted By An Owl: The True Story of Jackson the Owl
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004
"Living the Dream" Book Award--Manhattan Country School, New York, NY
- Product: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot: A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped from the Sky
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004
Michigan Notable Books List
- Product: The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004
Michigan Notable Books List
- Product: The Fat Boy Chronicles
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2004
Minnesota Book Award Finalist
- Product: V is for Viking: A Minnesota Alphabet
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2004
MRA Great Lakes Book Award Honor Book 4th & 5th grade
- Product: The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004
MRA Great Lakes Book Award Honor Book 4th & 5th grade
- Product: The Fat Boy Chronicles
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004
National Book Festivals state selection to represent Michigan
- Product: M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004
National Book Festival's state selection to represent Tennessee
- Product: V is for Volunteer: A Tennessee Alphabet
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004