Awards
Western Writers of America Spur Awards Finalist
- Product: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2008
White Raven Book List
- Product: Snake and Lizard
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2008
YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers Nominee
- Product: Fashion 101: A Crash Course in Clothing
- Achievement: Nominated
- Year: 2008
Book Links Lasting Connection
- Product: Nature's Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Booklist Editor's Choice
- Product: Pocket Babies (and Other Amazing Marsupials)
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
California Collection
- Product: Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos: American Cooking from the 1920s through Today
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
CBC Children's Choices
- Product: Dino-Hockey
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
CBC Children's Choices
- Product: Yu the Great: Conquering the Flood [A Chinese Legend]
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: Tennis, Anyone?
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: What Is a Liquid?
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: What Is a Gas?
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: Circle the Truth
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: Amaterasu: Return of the Sun [A Japanese Myth]
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: ROAR!
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: What Is a Solid?
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: Nature's Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
Children's Literature Council of Southern California Excellence in Illustration Award
- Product: Taj Mahal
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist Honorable Mention
- Product: Seeing Sky-Blue Pink
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2007
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Silver Award
- Product: The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2007
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Silver Award
- Product: Captured by Pirates: Book 1
- Achievement: Runner-up
- Year: 2007
Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee
- Product: Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg
- Achievement: Nominated
- Year: 2007
ILA Teacher's Choices
- Product: Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 2007







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