Awards

  • Dolphins © 2011

    2012 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for Transitional Nonfiction, Maryland Library Association

  • Erika's Story © 2003

      Best Foreign Picture Book of 2004, Japan School Library Association The English 4-11 Award for the Best Children's Illustrated Books of 2004, Th...

  • A Glass © 2013

    Illustrators 56 Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators

  • The Great North Woods © 2016

    2016 Best Book in Children's Literature, Adirondack Center for Writing

  • Harlem Hellfighters © 2014

      2015 Ohioana Book Award for Juvenile Literature, The Ohioana Library Association NCTE 2015 Notable Poetry List, National Council of Teachers of ...

  • The House © 2009

    Recommended, Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (Protestant Association for Media), 2012 Gold Medal for the Independent Publisher Boo...

  • I Still Hate to Read! © 2007

    Bronze Medal for the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY), 2008

  • Late Modernism © 2006

    Notable Social Studies Trade Books, 2006, Children's Book Council

  • Lineup for Yesterday © 2011

    2012 Bologna Ragazzi Award for Nonfiction Honorable Mention

  • Michelangelo's World © 2007

      Gold Medal for the Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY), 2008 2007 Book of the Year Award–Gold, ForeWord Magazine

  • A Night on the Range © 2010

    2011 Spur Award for Best Storyteller, Western Writers of America

  • The Riverbank © 2009

    2010 BolognaRagazzi Award for Nonfiction The 2009 John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers, John Burroughs Association