Awards
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award
- Product: The Wedding That Saved a Town
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee
- Product: My Cousin, the Alien
- Achievement: Nominated
- Year: 2008
Lambda Literary Awards Finalist
- Product: Mousetraps
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
Middle East Book Award
- Product: The Iranian Revolution
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Minnesota Book Award Finalist
- Product: Monkey with a Tool Belt
- Achievement: Short-listed
- Year: 2008
Mockingbird Reading Program Reading List
- Product: Senses in the City
- Achievement: Long-listed
- Year: 2008
National Parenting Publications Gold Award (NAPPA)
- Product: Monkey with a Tool Belt
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: The Iranian Revolution
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids
- Product: Monkey with a Tool Belt
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Norman A. Sugarman Children's Biography Award Nominee
- Product: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
- Achievement: Nominated
- Year: 2008
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
- Product: Rockets
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
One Book AZ Finalist
- Product: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2008
Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book
- Product: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2008
San Diego Book Award
- Product: The Wedding That Saved a Town
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: "Mrs. Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks" and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Science Facts
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Praying Mantises: Hungry Insect Heroes
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Dazzling Dragonflies: A Life Cycle Story
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Science Books & Films Best Books
- Product: Saving the Whooping Crane
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
Skipping Stones Book Award Honor
- Product: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2008
SSLI Book Award Best Book
- Product: Hush Harbor: Praying in Secret
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Product: Rockets
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2008
SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Product: Environmental Disasters
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2008
Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor
- Product: Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2008