Awards
Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award
- Product: The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2019
Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers
- Product: Write On, Irving Berlin!
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2019
Women Writing the West (WILLA)
- Product: Hardscrabble
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2019
Wrangler Award for Outstanding Juvenile Book
- Product: Hardscrabble
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2019
2018-2019 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award
- Product: Full Moon Lore
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2018
2018 Colorado Author's League
- Product: Blue Corn Soup
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2018
2018 Colorado Book Award Finalist
- Product: Blue Corn Soup
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2018
2018 Creative Child Award - Kids Multicultural Travel Books
- Product: Around the World Right Now
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2018
2018 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award - Kids Storybooks category
- Product: Invisible Lizard
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2018
2018 Green Earth Book Award
- Product: Out of School and Into Nature
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2018