Awards
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
North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee--Jr. Category
- Product: T is for Tar Heel: A North Carolina Alphabet
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2004
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Children' s Literature Honors Award
- Product: Jam and Jelly by Holly and Nellie
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004
Oklahoma Book Award--Design/Illustration Category
- Product: S is for Sooner: An Oklahoma Alphabet
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004
Oregon Book Award Finalist--Children's Literacy Category
- Product: B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2004
SEBA Award Nominee
- Product: T is for Tar Heel: A North Carolina Alphabet
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2004
Show Me Award Nominee
- Product: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot: A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped from the Sky
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2004
State IRA Literacy Award (to author)
- Product: C is for Cowboy: A Wyoming Alphabet
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2004