Awards & Bestsellers

Congratulations to the talented authors and illustrators whose books have earned awards and admiration from readers everywhere!

Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
2013/2014 Choose to Read Ohio Progam
A Book for Black-Eyed Susan
WILLA Literary Awards for children’s and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction 2012 Finalist
2013-2014 Missouri Show Me Readers Award Nominees
2011 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) — Gold Winner
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award — Language Arts Picture Books Category
2012 Storytelling World Award Honors Winner – Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listners Category
A Christmas Spider’s Miracle
2013 Storytelling World Awards
A Giraffe Did One
2012 USA Best Books Award – Children’s Picture Book Finalist
A is for Abraham: A Jewish Family Alphabet
2009 Skipping Stones Honor Award / Multicultural & International Awareness Category
Honor Book – 2009 Sydney Taylor Book Award / Young Readers Category
A is for Aloha: A Hawaii Alphabet
2006 Hawaii Center for the Book’s Selection to Represent Hawaii at the National Book Festival
A is for America: An American Alphabet
More than 200,000 copies sold
A is for Anaconda: A Rainforest Alphabet
2009 National Best Books Award Finalist – Children’s Picture Book Hardcover Non-Fiction Category
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Primary Category
A is for Arches: A Utah Alphabet
2004-05 Beehive Award Nominee
2004 Gov. Olene Walker’s July Book of the Month
A isn’t for Fox: An isn’t Alphabet
Learning Magazine’s 2009 Teacher’s Choice Awards for Children’s Books
2009-2010 Delaware Diamonds Booklist K-2 Category – A Children’s Choice List
2009-2010 Keystone to Reading Book Award Shortlist
2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Primary Category
2011-12 Virginia Readers’ Choice List – Primary Category
A Pet for Miss Wright
2011 Parents’ Choice Approved Award – Picture Book Category
2011-2012 Louisiana Reading Association ‘s Children’s Choice List
2012 Children’s Choices List
2012 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People – Honor Book
2013-2014 Missouri Show Me Readers Award Nominees
2012-2013 Delaware Diamonds Reading List
Adopted by an Owl
2002 A Read Michigan Notable Book
2003 Michigan Reading Association – Great Lakes’ Great Book Award
2004 KIND Children’s Honor Book (National Assoc. for Humane and Environmental Education)
Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize
2010-2011 Alabama Camellia Award Program: A Children’s Choice Award
CCBC Choices 2010 – The Annual Best-of-the-Year List of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center
February 2010 Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children Book of the Month
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Intermediate Category
2011-2012 Childen’s Crown Gallery Award Nominee
2012 Children’s Crown Gallery Award Honor Book
America’s White Table
2006 SIBA Book Award Children’s Finalist
2006-07 Children’s Crown Award Finalist: A Children’s Choice Award
2007 Beehive Award Finalist: A Children’s Choice Award
2007-08 Volunteer State Book Award Master List Finalist: A Children’s Choice Award
America’s White Table
2006 Writers Notes Book Award Notable
American Reader
2007 Chicago Book & Media, Honorable Mention – Children’s Young Reader category
B is for Badger: A Wisconsin Alphabet
2005 MBA Midwest Book Award nominee
B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War Alphabet
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Intermediate Category
B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet
Finalist for the 2004 Oregon Book Award – Children’s Literacy Category
B is for Big Ben: An England Alphabet
2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog in the Intermediate School Division
B is for Big Sky Country: A Montana Alphabet
2005 Montana Center for the Book selection for the National Book Festival Exhibit
2005 Missoula Reads Selection
B is for Blue Crab: A Maryland Alphabet
2005 ALA Many Voices, One Nation Booklist
B is for Blue Planet: An Earth Science Alphabet
NSTA’s 2012 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12 List
2012 Indiana Science Tradebook Annual Reading List
B is for Bookworm: A Library Alphabet
2006 IPPY Award winner in the Children’s Picture Book 7 & Over category (Idependent Publisher Book Award)
2007-2008 Children’s Crown Gallery Award Finalist – A Children’t Choice
B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet
More than 50,000 copies sold
Ohioana Library Association finalist for Juvenile Literature
2003 Ohio Farm Bureau Honor’s List
2011-12 Choose to Read Ohio List
Black Beauty’s Early Days in the Meadow
2006 Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Award Finalist
2008-09 K-2 Crown Gallery Award Finalist
Blue Spruce, The
2001 National Arbor Day Foundation Award, April 26, 2001
Brewster the Rooster
2007 Chicago Book & Media, Honorable Mention Children’s Picture Book category
2007 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist: Children’s Picture Book Category
2007 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Winner
2008 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist: Childen’/Young Adult Category
Buzzy the Bumblebee
More than 50,000 copies sold
2000 Friends of America’s Writers Award winner
C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet
2006 Rocky Mountain Book Award Shortlist. A Children’s Choice Award.
C is for Cornhusker: A Nebraska Alphabet
2006 Nebraska Children’s 2006 Ag Book of the Year Award from the Nebraska Farm Bureau
C is for Cowboy: A Wyoming Alphabet
2004 State IRA Literacy Award to author
Cardinal Numbers: An Ohio Counting Book
2003 Ohio Farm Bureau Honor’s List
Colors of Me
The USA “Best Books 2011” Awards — Finalist in Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction Category
2012 Friends of America Writers Award Juvenile Literature Category
2012 Gelett Burgess Award Arts & Letters General Category for First Published Work
D is for Democracy: A Citizen’s Alphabet
More than 75,000 copies sold
2005 IRA Children’s Book Award Notable
2005-2006 North Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominee — Junior Books
D is for Desert
2013 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Books for Students K-12 List
D is for Drinking Gourd: An African American Alphabet
2007 National Best Books Finalist — Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction Category
2007 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors Winner
2008 IRA Teachers’ Choices — Primary Category
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2008 List (NCSS & CBC Cooperative project)
D is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet
2006 Southwest Books of the Year 30th Edition — Children’s Picks
2008 Teachers’ Choice Awards for Children’s Books — Learning Magazine
Desert Digits: An Arizona Number Book
2008 Grand Canyon Young Readers Award Finalist: Children’s Choice Award Non-Fiction Category
Discover America State by State Series
More than one million copies sold
E is for Empire: A New York State Alphabet
New York State Reading Association’s Charlotte Committee Suggested Reading Lists – Primary Category
2011 New York Summer Reading List: One World, Many Stories: Explore New York
E is for Enchantment: A New Mexico Alphabet
2005 Women Writing the West WILLA Literary Award Finalist
2006-2007 Land of Enchantment Book Award Finalist
2007 New Mexico Library Association Gift to New Mexico Legislature Members
Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell, The
2004 Michigan Notable Books List
2004 MRA Great Lakes Book Award Honor Book 4th & 5th grade
F is for Friendship: A Quilt Alphabet
2012 Notable Social Studies Trades Book for Young People
Fat Boy Chronicles
2004 Michigan Notable Books List
2004 MRA Great Lakes Book Award Honor Book 4th & 5th grade
2010 National Parenting Publication (NAPPA) Gold Award
2010 Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Language Arts: Grades 7-12 Novels
Mom’s Choice Gold Award: Young Adult Fiction Category
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Middle School/High School Category
2012 Arkansas Teen Book Award
Finn McCool and the Great Fish
2011 Califronia Readers Book Collections for School Librairies
2011 Storytelling World Resource Award Winner: Stories for Young Listeners Category
2011 IRA – CBC Children’s Choices List
First Dog’s White House Christmas
2010 Creative Child Award – Preferred Choice Award: Kids Holiday Books Category
2010-2011 Keystone to Reading Book Award
2011-2012 Alabama Camellia Award Program – Grades 2-3
2012 Alabama Camellia Children’s Choice Book Award – 2N & 3rd Grade Category
Friend on Freedom River
2005 Great Lakes Book Award Finalist
2005 Jefferson Cup Honor Award — sponsored by the Virginia Library Association
2006-07 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee Elementary Category
Frog and Friends
The USA “Best Books 2011” Awards — Winner in the Children’s Book Series Category
2011 Cybil Award Finalist Easy Readers & Early Chapter Book Series
Full Count: A Baseball Number Book
Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the 2010 Catalog Pre K-2nd Grade Category
G is for Garden State: A New Jersey Alphabet
2005 New Jersey Center for the Book selection for the National Book Festival Exhibit
G is for Golden Boy: A Manitoba Alphabet
2010 Manitoba McNally Robinson Book of the Year for Young People Award Finalist
A Girl Named Dan
The Crystal Book 2008 Award of Excellence
2009 Amelia Bloomer List / Picture Book Category
2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog in the Intermediate School Division
2009 Mom’s Choice Award – Gold: Children’s Picture Book History & Civics Category
2009 Mom’s Choice Award – Gold: Children’s Picture Book Inspirational / Motivational Category
Goliath: Hero of the Great Baltimore Fire
2011 Storytelling World Resource Honor Award: Stories for Young Listeners Category
2011 IRA — CBC Children’s Choices List
2011-2012 Delaware Diamonds Book List — K-2 Category
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List — Primary Category
2012-2013 New Mexico Land of Enchantment Picture Narrative List
H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet
More than 170,000 copies sold
H is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet
2008 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award Ballot Finalist
2008 NYSRA Suggested Reading List – Intermediate
2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog in the Intermediate School Division
H is for Hoosier: An Indiana Alphabet
2004-05 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee – Picture Book
Hannah and the Homunculus
2002 Childrens Picture Book IPPY Award Finalist
Happy Birthday to You!
2010 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Finalist
Husker Numbers: A Nebraska Number Book
2008 Nebraska Book Award / Cover Design & Illustration Category
2007 Nebraska Farm Bureau Children’s Book of the Year Award
I is for Idea: An Inventions Alphabet
2006 Finalist Design/Illustration Category Okalahoma Book Award
I is for Island
2013 Lillian Shepherd Award Shortlist for Excellence in Illustration
I,Q: Independence Hall
2008 National Best Books Award Finalist: Fiction & Literature Young Adult Category
2008 Oregon Spirit Book Award Shortlist Finalist
2009 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award
2009 Oregon Book Award Winner: The Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
2009 Texas Lone Star Reading List
2010- 2011 Sunshine State Young Reader Award Program Masterlist Grades 6th-8th
2010 IRA Young Adult’s Choices List
2010 North Carolina School Media Association Young Adult Book Award Finalist: Middle School Category
2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Young Adult Category
2010-11 Delaware Diamonds Book List: Middle Grades
2010-11 Volunteer State Book Award List: Young Adult Category
Mom’s Choice 2009 Gold Award / Juvenile Fiction Category
2011 Buckeye Children’s Book Award Reading List – Grades 6-8
2011-2012 Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Master List
I, Q: The White House
2010 National Parenting Publication (NAPPA) Honor Award
2010 USA Book News Best Books Fiction and Literature Finalist: Young Adult Fiction Category
2010-2011 Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Winner – Grades 6-8
Itsy Bitsy & Teeny Weeny
2010 Mom’s Choice Gold Award – Children’s Picture Book: Animal Kingdom Category
2010 Storytelling World Resouce Honor Award: Pre-Adolescent Listeners Category
2011-12 Missouri Association of School Librarians Show Me Award List
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Primary Category
Jam & Jelly by Holly & Nellie
2002 Midwest Independent Publisher Merit Award
2003 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist
2003 GLBA Children’s Book Award Finalist
2003 NAPPA Honor Award
2003 National Outdoor Book Award
2004 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Children’ s Literature Honors Award
2004-05 Children’s Crown Gallery Award Nominee
2005-06 Virginia Young Reader’s List – Primary
Junk Man’s Daughter
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
2011 New York Summer Reading List: One World, Many Stories: Explore New York
Kelly of Hazel Ridge
2006 Great Lakes Book Award Finalist
2006 National Outdoor Book Award – Children’s Category
2007 Skipping Stones Honor Award
2007 IPPY Bronze Award
L is for Land of Living Skies: A Saskatchewan Alphabet
High Plains Book Awards Finalist: Art & Photography Category
Legend of Leelanau, The
2003 GLBA Children’s Book Award Finalist
Legend of Mackinac Island, The
More than 75,000 copies sold
1999 Read Michigan Selection
1999 GLBA Children’s Book Award
2002 MRA Reader’s Choice Award winner
Legend of Michigan
2006 Great Lakes Book Award Finalist
Legend of Minnesota, The
2006 Northeastern Minnesota Book Honor Award
Legend of Papa Noel
2007 SIBA Children’s Book Award Finalist
Legend of Sleeping Bear, The
More than 200,000 copies sold
Official State of Michigan Children’s Book
1999 IPPY Award Finalist
Legend of the Cape May Diamond
2008-2009 Delaware Diamonds Booklist – A Children’s Choice
2008-2009 Keystone to Reading Book Award List – Intermediate Category
Legend of the Loon, The
2001 IRA Children’s Choice Award winner
Legend of the Teddy Bear, The
More than 50,000 copies sold
2001 IRA Children’s Choice Award winner
2003-2004 Indiana Young Hoosier State Book award Nominee
Let Them Play
2006 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List
2006 CCBC Choices 2006 – Historical People, Places and Events Category Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the University of Wisconsin, School of Education
2006 Skipping Stones Magazine Honor Award Multicultural and International Awareness category
2006 Independent Publisher’s Ten Outstanding Books of the Year List – Honorable Mention in the Most Inspirational to Youth Category
2006 Carter G. Woodson Book Award – Elementary Level
2006-07 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Finalist
2007 SIBA Children’s Book Award Finalist
2007 Storytelling Award winner – Pre-Adolescent Category
2007-08 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Finalist: Grades 3-5
2008 NYSRA Suggested Reading List – Primary
2008-09 Nebraska Library Golden Sower Award Shortlist Finalist: Primary K-3
Lily’s Victory Garden
2011 Storytelling World Resource Honor Award: Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listeners Category
2011 IRA Teacher’s Choices Reading List – Primary Category
Lipman Pike: America’s First Home Run King
The USA “Best Books 2011” Awards — Finalist in Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction Category
2011 National Jewish Book Award Finalist Illustrated Children’s Books Category
2011 Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Book – Younger Readers Category
Listeners, The
2009 Cybil Award Finalist: Children’s Fiction Picture Book Category
2010 Storytelling World Resouce Honor Award: Pre-Adolescent Listeners Category
2010 USA Book News Best Books Children’s Picture Book Finalist: Hardcover Fiction Category
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Primary Category
The Little Green Pea
2009 Chicago Book Clinic Honrable Mention – Children’s Picture Book Category
2009 National Best Books Award Finalist: Children’s Picture Book Hardcover Fiction Category
Little America
2011 Creative Child Awards Program Book of the Year
Little California
2011 Creative Child Awards Program Book of the Year
Little Minnesota
2012 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (NEMBA) Shortlist Nominee Children’s Literature Category
Little New York
2010 National Parenting Publication (NAPPA) Honor Award
Lucky Star, The
2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog in the Intermediate School Division
2009 Storytelling World Awards / Pre-adolescent Listeners Category
2010-11 Missouri Show Me Reader Award Finalist
Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children: Top Five Books
M is for Magnolia: A Mississippi Alphabet
2005 Mississippi Center for the Book selection for exhibit at the National Book Festival
M is for Majestic: A National Parks Alphabet
2006 Great Lakes’ Great Books Award Nominee – 2nd & 3rd Grade
2009 Elementary California Collection Listing
M is for Maple: A Canadian Alphabet
2002-03 Blue Spruce Award Nominee
M is for Meow: A Cat Alphabet
2007 National Best Books Finalist in the Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction category
2007 Cat Writers Association Muse Medallion winner – Books for Children category
2007 Cat Writers Association Muse Medallion winner – Fort Dodge/Healthy Cats for Life Turning Point Award
2007 Cat Writers Association Muse Medallion winner – Kuykendall Image Award (illustration)
2007 ASPCA® Henry Bergh Children’s Book Honor – Illustration Category
M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet
More than 100,000 copies sold
2000 Read Michigan Selection
2004 National Book Festival state selection for Michigan
2005 National Book Festivals state selection to represent Michigan
M is for Mom: A Child’s Alphabet
2010 Mom’s Choice Gold Award – Children’s Picture Book: Family Life Category
2011 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Honor Award Family Category
Mackinac Bridge: The Story of the Five Mile Poem
2007 Michigan Notables Book List
2007-08 Great Lakes Award Shortlist Finalist: Grades 2-3
Maestro Stu Saves the Zoo
2013-2014 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Shortlist
Megan’s Year
2012 Notable Social Studies Trades Book for Young People
Memoirs of a Goldfish
2010 Creative Child Award – Preferred Choice Award: Kids Story Books Category
2010 National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Honor Award
Mom’s Choice Gold Award: Children’s Picture Book Distinctive Illustration Category
Mom’s Choice Gold Award: Children’s Picture Book Humor Category
2011 Michigan Reads Program Selection
2012 Illinois Monarch Book Award List (K-3)
2011 IRA — CBC Children’s Choices List
2011 New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List — Primary Category
New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award List
2011 Wanda Gag Read Aloud Book Award
2011-2012 Alabama Camellia Award Program — Grades K-1
2011-2012 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award List — Picture Book Category
2011-2012 Delaware Diamonds Book List — K-2 Category
2012-2013 Nebraska Golden Sower Primary Award List
The USA “Best Books 2011” Awards — Winner in the Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction Category
2012-2013 Missouri Association of School Librarian’s Show Me Readers Award List
2012-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards List
2012-2013 California Young Reader Medal Nominee Children’s Choice Award
2013 Nevada Young Readers’ Award – Picture Book Category
2011-2012 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Primary Level Winner
2012 NYSRA Charoltte Award Winner – Primary Category
2012-2013 Florida Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award List
2011-2012 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award – Picture Book Category
2012-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award – Kindergarten- Grade 3 Division
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
More than 50,000 copies sold
2002 Midwest Independent Publisher Award
2003 Children’s Choices – IRA
2003-04 Texas Bluebonnet Runner-up
2003-04 Beehive Award Nominee
2004-05 Children’s Crown Honor Book
2004-05 Show Me Award Nominee
2004 "Living the Dream" Book Award – Manhattan Country School, New York, NY
2006 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee
2007 Storytelling Award winner – Stories for Young Listeners Category
Michigan Reader, The
2002 MRA Reader’s Choice Award winner
Minnow and Rose: An Oregon Trail Story
2010 Storytelling World Resouce Honor Award: Pre-Adolescent Listeners Category
2010-11 Alabama Camellia Award Program: A Children’s Choice Award
2010-11 Delaware Diamonds Book List – A Children’s Choice Award
2011-12 Missouri Association of School Librarians Show Me Award List
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Intermediate Category
Moose on the Loose
2010 Midwest Booksellers Choice Honor Book: Children’s Picture Book Category
My Daddy Likes to Say
2009 Unversity of Mississippi Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction (CELI) Children’s Read Aloud Book Award
2010-11 Delaware Diamonds Book List: A Children’s Choice Award
My Grandma Likes to Say
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
>My Momma Likes to Say
2003 NAPPA (National Parenting Publications) Honor Award
2004 Children’s Choices – IRA
2005-06 Children’s Crown Award Nominee
2006 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee
My Teacher Dances on the Desk
2010-11 Delaware Diamonds Book List: A Children’s Choice Award
My Teacher Likes to Say
2005-2006 Keystone Reading Book Award Nominee. A Children’s Choice Award
Night Henry Ford Met Santa, The
2007 Friends of American Writers Juvenile Literature Book Award
Number One Teacher: A School Counting Book
2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog in the Intermediate School Division
One Nation: America by the Numbers
More than 80,000 copies sold
One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book
Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the 2009 Catalog Pre K-2nd Grade Category
Orange Shoes, The
Book Sense Winter 2007-2008 Children’s Picks List
Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children: Top Five Books
2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award Ballot Finalist – Primary Category
2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Primary Category
2009-2010 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Reading List
2009-10 Delaware Diamonds Booklist K-2 Cateogry: A Children’s Choice Award
2009-10 Missouri Show Me Readers Award List Finalist
2009-10 Nebraska Golden Sower Primary Award List – K-3
2009-10 Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award Finalist
2009-10 Young Hoosier Award Finalist: Picture Book Category
2008 IRA Teachers’ Choices – Primary Category
2007 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors Winner
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
P is for Passport: A World Alphabet
2003 MIPA Merit Award Winner
P is for Peace Garden: A North Dakota Alphabet
2005-2006 Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award Nominee — Upper Grade Level Non-Fiction. A Children’s Choice Award
Upper Grade Level Non-Fiction. A Children’s Choice Award
2006 North Dakota Center for the Book’s Selection to Represent North Dakota at the National Book Festival
2006 North Dakota Professional Communicators Award
P is for Pinata: A Mexico Alphabet
2010 California Reading Association Eureka! Honor Award
P is for Potato: An Idaho Alphabet
2005 Idaho Alphabet Center for the Book selection for exhibit at the National Book Festival
P is for Puffin: A Newfoundland and Labrador Alphabet
Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Illustration Shortlist
Pappy’s Handkerchief
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2008 List (NCSS & CBC cooperative project)
2008 Oklahoma Book Award Winner – Children/Young Adult Category
2008 Oklahoma Center for the Book’s State Selection for the National Book Festival
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
Paul Bunyan’s Sweetheart
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
2008 Notable Wisconsin Children’s Author of the Year by the Wisconsin Library Association Winner
Penny: The Forgotten Coin
2004-05 Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee
People of 12,000 Winters
2012 Parent’s Choice Foundation Recommended Book
2013-2014 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Shortlist
Pierre the Penguin
2010 California Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award
2010 Oppenhim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award – Gold
2010 Society of School Librarians International Honor Book: Science Grades K-6 Category
2010 USA Book News Best Books Finalist
2011 Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 List (National Science Teachers Association and Children’s Book Council
2011-2012 Alabama Camellia Award Program — Grades 2-3
2011-2012 Delaware Diamonds Book List — K-2 Category
2012-2013 Missouri Association of School Librarian’s Show Me Readers Award List
2012-2013 South Carolina Picture Book Award List
2013-2014 Tennessee voluntter State Book Award List – Primary Category
Place Called Home, A
2001 Read Michigan Selection
R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet
February 2006 Kirkus Reviews – Starred Review
2006 NAPPA Honor Award
2007 Best Juvenile Book Award – Missouri Writer’s Guild
2008 Mom’s Choice Gold Award / Educator’s Choice
Rebekkah’s Journey
2008 NYSRA Suggested Reading List – Intermediate
Redheaded Robbie’s Christmas Story
More than 40,000 copies sold
Riding to Washington
2008 – Manuscript Wins Honorable Mention for the Mcknight Artist Fellowship for Writers Sponsored by the Loft Literacy Center
2009-10 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program: K-3
2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Primary Category
2011-12 Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award List – K-3
Learning Magazine’s 2009 Teacher’s Choice Awards for Children’s Books
Rudy Rides the Rails
2007 Chicago Book & Media, Award of Excellence – Children’s Picture Book category
2007 Kids’ Wings Award List by Kids’ Wings Creative Educational Associates
2008 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List
2008-09 Alabama Dept of Education’s Emphasis on Reading Program: Children’s Choice Award – Grades 2-3
2009-10 Delaware Diamonds Booklist Grades 3-5 Cateogry: A Children’s Choice Award
Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children Book of the Month – July 2008
Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children: Top Five Books
S is for Save the Planet: A How-to-Be Green Alphabet
2009 Mom’s Choice Award – Gold: Children’s Picture Book Green Earth Category
2009 National Best Books Award Finalist – Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction
2011 Teachers’ Choice Award for Children’s Books by Learning Magazine
S is for Scientists: A Discovery Alphabet
2012 McNally Robinson Book Award for Young People Nominee – Younger Category
S is for Show Me: A Missouri Alphabet
2006 Missouri Writers Guild Best Junvenile Book Award
2008 Missouri Center for the Book National Book Festival Representative
2009 Mom’s Choice Award – Gold: Children’s Picture Book Green Earth Category
2009 National Best Books Award Finalist – Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction
2011 Teachers’ Choice Award for Children’s Books by Learning Magazine
2011 Skipping Stones Honor Award – Nature and Ecology Books Category
2012 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Primary Category
S is for S’mores: A Camping Alphabet
2008 San Diego Book & Writing Awards Finalist
2009 Elementary California Collection Listing
S is for Sooner: An Oklahoma Alphabet
2004 Oklahoma Book Award – Design/Illustration Category
S is for Story: A Writer’s Alphabet
2011 Teachers’ Choice Award for Children’s Books by Learning Magazine
S is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet
2006 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book
2006-07 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Finalist: Grades 3-5
S is for Sunshine: A Florida Alphabet
2005 Florida Center for the Book selection for the National Book Festival Exhibit
Saving Samantha
2004 GLBA Children’s Book Award Finalist
2005 IRA Children’s Book Award Notable
2004 ForeWord’s Book of the Year finalist
2005 KIND Children’s Honor Book (Kids In Nature’s Defense – national association for humane and environmental education)
2006-07 Childrens Crown Award Nominee a Childrens Choice Award
Say Daddy!
2008 Nappa Gold Award / Infants & Toddlers Category
2009-10 Kids’ Wings Award List by Kids’ Wings Creactive Educaitonal Associates
2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List – Primary Category
Scarlet Stocking Spy, The
2005 IRA Teacher’s Choice, Intermediate
2005 ForeWord’s Book of the Year Finalist
2005 Chicago Book Clinic’s Children’s Picture Book Award of Excellence
2005-06 Cochecho Readers’ Award List Finalist – Sponsored by the Children’s Librarians of Dover, New Hampshire: A Children’s Choice Award
2006-07 North Carolina Children’s Book Award Finalist: Junior Books Category
2007 Gate City Book Award Finalist
2007 Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award
2007-08 Nebraska Golden Sower Award Finalist: Grades 4-6
New York State Reading Association’s Charlotte Committee Suggested Reading Lists – Intermediate Category
Shep: Our Most Loyal Dog
2007 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist: Storyteller Category
2008 Treasure State Award (A Montana Readers Choice Award)
2008-09 K-2 Crown Gallery Award: A Children’s Choice Award
Small, Medium and Large
2010 Creative Child Award – Seal of Excellence Award: Kids Holiday Books Category
Someday is Not a Day of the Week
2006 Foreword Chldren’s Picture Book of the Year Finalist
2006 Writer’s Notes Book Award Notable
2006-07 Children’s Crown Gallery Award Nominee – a Children’s Choice Award
2006-07 Mockingbird Reading List Finalist: Abiline Independent School District Children’s Choice K-2
2008 NYSRA Suggested Reading List: Primary & Intermediate
Children’s Choices 2006 (IRA/CBC)
Stella Batts Needs a New Name
2012 National Parenting Publication Award – Honors Winner in the Book Category
2012 USA Best Books Award – Children’s Fiction Category Finalist
Story of the H. L. Hunley and Queenie’s Coin, The
2005 IRA Children’s Book Award Notable
2005 SEBA Award Nominee
2006 National Book Festival’s State Selection to Represent South Carolina
Surviving the Hindenberg
2012 Parent’s Choice Foundation Recommended Book
2012 USA Best Book Awards – Hardcover Non-Fiction Category Finalist
2014 New York State Reading Assoc. Charlotte Award Ballot – Middle School Category
2013 Children’s Choices List
T is for Taj Mahal: An India Alphabet
2012 Texas Institute of Letters Finalist Children’s Book Category
T is for Tar Heel: A North Carolina Alphabet
2004 SEBA Award Nominee
2004-05 North Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominee – Jr. Category
2005 ALA Many Voices, One Nation Booklist
T is for Teachers: A School Alphabet
2006 Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award for Children’s Books
T is for Titanic: A Titanic Alphabet
2012-2013 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List
2012 National Parenting Publication Award – Silver Winner in the Book Category
2012 California Reading Association’s Eureka Silver Honor Award
2012 USA Best Book Awards – Hardcover Non-Fiction Category Finalist
The Christmas Humbugs
More than 50,000 copies sold
The Christmas Tree Ship
2013 Storytelling World Awards
The Happy Prince
2006 Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Award Finalist
The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale
2007 Caroline Field Honor Book (PA Lib. Assoc – Librarian’s Choice)
2007 IPPY Bronze Award 07
2007 Storytelling Award Honor – Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listeners Category
2008 NYSRA Suggested Reading List – Intermediate
2008-09 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award Finalist: Grades 3-6
2008-09 Show Me Readers Award Master List
The Pirate Captain’s Daughter
2011 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) — Gold Winner
The USA “Best Books 2011” Awards — Finalist in the Fiction Young Adult Category
2012-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards List
2012 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People – Honor Book
The Quilt Walk
2013 Wrangler Award – Juvenile Book Division
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Assoc. Reading the West Book Awards 2012 Shortlist Children’s Category
The Town that Fooled the British
2011 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) — Gold Winner
2012 Notable Social Studies Trades Book for Young People
2012 Storytelling World Award Winner – Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listeners Category
2012-2013 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List
2012-2013 Delaware Diamonds Reading List
The Voyage of the Sea Wolf
2012 USA Best Books Award – Children’s Fiction Category Winner
Titanicat
2008 ABA Fall Kid’s Indie Next List
2009 Carolyn W. Field Honor Award of Illustrations – PA Library Association
2009 IRA/CBC Children’s Choices Reading List
2009-10 Keystone Reading Book Award Shorlist
2010-11 Missouri Show Me Reader Award Finalist
2010-11 Nebraska Golden Sower Award Finalist: Primary Category
2011 Primary Golden Sower Award – Nebraska Children’s Choice Award
2012 Young Hoosier Book Award Picture Book Category
Track That Scat!
2013 NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Books for Students K-12 List
Tsunami Quilt, The
2008 Storytelling World Awards Honor winner in the Pre-Adolescent Listeners category
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
Tugg and Teeny
The USA “Best Books 2011” Awards — Finalist in the Children’s Book Series Category
Twice as Good
2012 Gelett Burgess Award Arts & Letters General Category for Heroes
2012 National Parenting Publication Award – Gold Winner in the Book Category
2012 Parent’s Choice Foundation Recommended Book
2012 USA Best Book Awards – Hardcover Non-Fiction Category Finalist
V is for Viking: A Minnesota Alphabet
2004 Minnesota Book Award Finalist
2003 NEMBA Award (Northeast Minnesota Book – UMD Duluth)
V is for Volunteer: A Tennessee Alphabet
2004 National Book Festival’s state selection to represent Tennessee
Voyageur’s Paddle, The
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
W is for Waves: An Ocean Alphabet
2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog in the Intermediate School Division
W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet
2005 SBF (Science Books & Films) Best Books for Children list, Earth Science category
2007 Learning Magazine 2007 Teachers’ Choice Award
2009 Elementary California Collection Listing
W is for Woof: A Dog Alphabet
2009 Elementary California Collection Listing
2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog in the Intermediate School Division
Waiting for the Owl’s Call
2010 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
2010 Society of Midland Authors Book Award Finalist: Children’s Fiction Category
2010 USA Book News Best Books Children’s Picture Book Finalist: Hardcover Fiction Category
What Cats Want for Christmas
2008 Oklahoma Book Award Winner – Design/Illustration Category
What Dogs Want for Christmas
2009 Oklahoma Book Award for Illustration
What’s Looking at You, Kid?
2012 USA Best Books Award – Children’s Picture Book Finalist
2013-2014 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Shortlist
When Anju Loved Being an Elephant
2012-2013 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List
2012 Skipping Stones Honor Awards List
2013 Teachers’ Choice Awards for Children’s Books Winner
Where to Sleep
2010 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog: PreK-2 Category
2010 Oklahoma Book Award Winner: Illustration Category
Who Will Plant a Tree?
2010 National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Gold Award
2010 USA Book News Best Books Children’s Picture Book Winner: Hardcover Non-Fiction Category
2011-2012 Alabama Camellia Award Program – Grades K-1
Whole-y Cow! Fractions Are Fun
2011 Creative Child Award – Educational Storybooks Category
Willow
2008 Nappa Honor Award / Ages 6 & Up Category
2009 Children’s Choice Book Award Finalist: Grades 3-4
2009 Eric Hoffer Book Award / Honorable Mention
2009 Honor Book for the Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Sponsored by the Library at Minnesota State University Moorhead
2009 IRA/CBC Children’s Choices Reading List
2009 Storytelling World Awards / Young Listeners Category
2009-10 Delaware Diamonds Booklist K-2 Cateogry: A Children’s Choice Award
2009-10 Kids’ Wings Award List – By Kids’ Wings Creative Educational Associates (http://suzyred.com)
2010 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog: Intermediate Category
2010-11 Missouri Show Me Reader Award Finalist
Mom’s Choice 2009 Gold Award / Distinctive Illustration
Mom’s Choice 2009 Gold Award / Inspirational / Motivational Category
Mom’s Choice 2009 Gold Award / Most Outstanding Children’s Book
Mom’s Choice Award – Most Outstanding Children’s book for 2009
North Dakota 2010 Flicker Tale Children’s Picture Book Award
2012 North Carolina Children’s Book Award List – Picture Book Category
Willow and the Snow Day Dance
2011 Creative Child Award — Character Building Category
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award — Language Arts Picture Books Category
2012-2013 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List
2013-2014 Missouri Show Me Readers Award Nominees
Win One for the Gipper: America’s Favorite Football Hero
2007 Storytelling Awards Winner – Stories for Adolescent Listeners Category
Win One for the Gipper: America’s Football Hero
2006 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award Shortlist – Intermediate Category
2006 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Committee Suggested Reading List – Intermediate Category
2005 IRA Teacher’s Choice, Intermediate
2005 Great Lakes Book Award Finalist
2006 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Committee Suggested Reading
Winter’s Gift
2006 Writers Notes Book Award – Children’s Category
2005 IRA Children’s Book Award Notable
2005-2006 Florida Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award nominee
A Wish to be a Christmas Tree
More than 200,000 copies sold
A Christmas classic. Read by Katie Couric on The Today Show Christmas morning 2002.
2006-07 Childrens Crown Award Nominee a Childrens Choice Award
Yatandou
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
2007 National Best Books Finalist in the Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction category
2008 Amelia Bloomer Project – Recommended Feminist Books for Young Readers
2008 Central Michigan University Children’s Books Dean’s List
2009-10 Delaware Diamonds Booklist Grades 3-5 Cateogry: A Children’s Choice Award
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers
2008 Central Michigan University Children’s Books Dean’s List
2009 IRA Teachers’ Choices List / Intermediate Category
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Illustrator wins Society of Illustrators Gold Medal in the Book category
Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet
More than 100,000 copies sold
2003 Blue Spruce Award
2002 Midwest Independent Publishers Award
Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet
2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection for the Catalog in the Intermediate School Division
Mom’s Choice 2009 Gold Award / Juvenile Fantasy, Myths & Legends Category
Z is for Zookeeper
2005 SBF (Science Books & Films) Best Books for Children list, Zoological Sciences category