Awards
SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Product: Dandelions: Stars in the Grass
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2000
SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Product: Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2000
SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Product: Everybody Serves Soup
- Achievement: Commended
- Year: 2000
American Bookseller Kids' Pick of the Lists
- Product: A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
American Bookseller Kids' Pick of the Lists
- Product: 100 Days of School
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
American Bookseller Kids' Pick of the Lists
- Product: Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Book-of-the-Month Children's Club Selection
- Product: Crafts to Make in the Summer
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Book-of-the-Month Children's Club Selection
- Product: Crafts to Make in the Winter
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Book-of-the-Month Children's Club Selection
- Product: Smiling
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Book-of-the-Month Children's Club Selection
- Product: A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
California Collection
- Product: With Open Hands: A Story about Biddy Mason
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
CBC Children's Books Mean Business
- Product: Show and Tell
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: Hope
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- Product: Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Product: Hope
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
- Product: Spectacular Spiders
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Parents' Choice Award
- Product: Pablo Picasso
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Parents' Choice Award
- Product: Colors of India
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
School Library Journal Best Book
- Product: Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Society of Midland Authors Award
- Product: Civil Rights Pioneer: A Story about Mary Church Terrell
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1999
Book-of-the-Month Children's Club Selection
- Product: I Like Mess
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1998
Book-of-the-Month Children's Club Selection
- Product: Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1998
Book-of-the-Month Children's Club Selection
- Product: My Pal Al
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1998
Book-of-the-Month Children's Club Selection
- Product: The Best Pet Yet
- Achievement: Winner
- Year: 1998