Recently Recognized

Eyes Open

Starred Reviews

• Kirkus Reviews
• Booklist

Notable Awards

• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025, Winner, 2025

Touch the Sky

Starred Reviews

• Booklist
• Kirkus Reviews

Notable Awards

• ALA Notable Children's Book, Winner, 2025
• Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title, Commended, 2025
• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025, Winner, 2025
• White Raven Book List, Winner, 2025
• Kirkus Best Children's Book of 2024, Winner, 2024

Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire

Starred Reviews

• Booklist

Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account

Starred Reviews

• Publishers Weekly
• Kirkus Reviews

Notable Awards

• In the Margins Book Award Nonfiction Recommended List, Commended, 2025
• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025, Winner, 2025
• Great Graphic Novels for Teens Nominee, Nominated, 2024
• Kirkus Best Teen/YA of 2024, Winner, 2024

The Pinchers and the Diamond Heist

From the Series The Pinchers

Starred Reviews

• Foreword Reviews

Things That Shimmer

Notable Awards

• Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Short-listed, 2025

Cruzita and the Mariacheros

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal

Notable Awards

• Pura Belpré Children’s Author Honor Book, Commended, 2025
• ALA Notable Children's Book, Winner, 2025
• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025, Winner, 2025

The Rock in My Throat

Starred Reviews

• Booklist

Notable Awards

• Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Picture Book Honor, Commended, 2025
• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025, Winner, 2025
• Carter G. Woodson Book Award Elementary Level Winner, Winner, 2025
• Booklist Editor's Choice, Winner, 2024

The Great Wolf Rescue: Saving the Red Wolves

From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal

Notable Awards

• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025, Winner, 2025
• School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Winner, 2024

Nature Spy Guide

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal

Space Torah: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman's Cosmic Mitzvah

Starred Reviews

• Booklist

A Better Best Friend

Starred Reviews

• Foreword Reviews

The Color of Sound

Starred Reviews

• School Library Journal
• Publishers Weekly

Notable Awards

• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025, Winner, 2025

The Observologist: A Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions

Starred Reviews

• Publishers Weekly
• School Library Journal
• Kirkus Reviews

Notable Awards

• ALA Notable Children's Book, Winner, 2025
• Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2025, Winner, 2025
• School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Winner, 2024
• New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult Finalist, Short-listed, 2024
• Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2024, Holiday Gift Edition, Winner, 2024

Pangu's Shadow

Starred Reviews

• Kirkus Reviews

Notable Awards

• Kirkus Best Teen/YA of 2024, Winner, 2024

Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good

Starred Reviews

• Booklist