Awards
SSLI Book Award Best Book
- Product: Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1993
SSLI Book Award Outstanding Book
- Product: Story of a Dolphin
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 1993
Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor
- Product: Thank You, God!: A Jewish Child's Book of Prayers
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 1993
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Jump at de Sun: The Story of Zora Neale Hurston
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1992
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
- Product: Wonderful Worms
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1992
PLA Top Titles for Adult New Readers
- Product: Lightning
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1992
PLA Top Titles for Adult New Readers
- Product: Tornado
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1992
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1990
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1990
NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts
- Product: My Grandpa and the Sea
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1990
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids
- Product: My Grandpa and the Sea
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1990
Reading Rainbow® Book
- Product: Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1990
Carter G. Woodson Book Award
- Product: Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1989
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1989
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
- Product: Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1989
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
- Product: Healing Warrior: A Story about Sister Elizabeth Kenny
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1989
Carter G. Woodson Book Award
- Product: Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story about Sojourner Truth
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1988
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
- Product: What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story about Benjamin Banneker
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1988
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Count Your Way through the Arab World
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1987
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Count Your Way through Japan
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1987
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Count Your Way through Russia
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1987
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Count Your Way through China
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1987
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Buttons for General Washington
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1986
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
- Product: We'll Race You, Henry: A Story about Henry Ford
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1986