Awards & Bestsellers

Congratulations to the talented authors and illustrators whose books have earned awards and admiration from readers everywhere!

A Girl Named Dan
The Crystal Book 2008 Award of Excellence
2009 Amelia Bloomer List / Picture Book Category
A is for Abraham: A Jewish Family Alphabet
2009 Skipping Stones Honor Award / Multicultural & International Awareness Category
Honor Book – 2009 Sydney Taylor Book Award / Young Readers Category
A is for America: An American Alphabet
More than 200,000 copies sold
A is for Arches: A Utah Alphabet
2004-05 Beehive Award Nominee
2004 Gov. Olene Walker's July Book of the Month
A isn't for Fox: An isn't Alphabet
Learning Magazine's 2009 Teacher's Choice Awards for Children's Books
A Wish to be a Christmas Tree
More than 200,000 copies sold
A Christmas classic. Read by Katie Couric on The Today Show Christmas morning 2002.
2006-07 Childrens Crown Award Nominee a Childrens Choice Award
Adopted by an Owl
2002 A Read Michigan Notable Book
2003 Michigan Reading Association – Great Lakes' Great Book Award
2004 KIND Children's Honor Book (National Assoc. for Humane and Environmental Education)
America's White Table
2006-07 Children's Crown Award Nominee – A Children's Choice Award
America's White Table
2006 Writers Notes Book Award Notable
American Reader
2007 Chicago Book & Media, Honorable Mention – Children's Young Reader category
B is for Badger: A Wisconsin Alphabet
2005 MBA Midwest Book Award nominee
B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet
Finalist for the 2004 Oregon Book Award – Children's Literacy Category
B is for Big Sky Country: A Montana Alphabet
2005 Montana Center for the Book selection for the National Book Festival Exhibit
2005 Missoula Reads Selection
B is for Blue Crab: A Maryland Alphabet
2005 ALA Many Voices, One Nation Booklist
B is for Bookworm: A Library Alphabet
2006 IPPY Award winner in the Children's Picture Book 7 & Over category (Idependent Publisher Book Award)
B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet
More than 50,000 copies sold
Ohioana Library Association finalist for Juvenile Literature
2003 Ohio Farm Bureau Honor's List
Blue Spruce, The
2001 National Arbor Day Foundation Award, April 26, 2001
Brewster the Rooster
2007 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Winner
2007 Chicago Book & Media, Honorable Mention Children's Picture Book category
Buzzy the Bumblebee
More than 50,000 copies sold
2000 Friends of America's Writers Award winner
C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet
2006 Rocky Mountain Book Award Shortlist. A Children's Choice Award.
C is for Cornhusker: A Nebraska Alphabet
2006 Nebraska Children's 2006 Ag Book of the Year Award from the Nebraska Farm Bureau
C is for Cowboy: A Wyoming Alphabet
2004 State IRA Literacy Award to author
Cardinal Numbers: An Ohio Counting Book
2003 Ohio Farm Bureau Honor's List
Christmas Humbugs, The
More than 50,000 copies sold
D is for Democracy: A Citizen's Alphabet
More than 75,000 copies sold
2005 IRA Children's Book Award Notable
2005-2006 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee — Junior Books
D is for Drinking Gourd: An African American Alphabet
2007 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors Winner
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2008 List (NCSS & CBC Cooperative project)
2008 IRA Teachers' Choices – Primary Category
D is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet
2006 Southwest Books of the Year 30th Edition – Children's Picks
2008 Teachers' Choice Awards for Children's Books – Learning Magazine
Discover America State by State Series
More than one million copies sold
E is for Empire: A New York State Alphabet
New York State Reading Association's Charlotte Committee Suggested Reading Lists – Primary Category
E is for Enchantment: A New Mexico Alphabet
2005 Women Writing the West WILLA Literary Award Finalist
Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell, The
2004 Michigan Notable Books List
2004 MRA Great Lakes Book Award Honor Book 4th & 5th grade
Friend on Freedom River
2005 Great Lakes Book Award Finalist
2005 Jefferson Cup Honor Award — sponsored by the Virginia Library Association
2006-07 Virginia Readers Choice Award Nominee Elementary Category
G is for Garden State: A New Jersey Alphabet
2005 New Jersey Center for the Book selection for the National Book Festival Exhibit
H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet
More than 170,000 copies sold
H is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet
2008 NYSRA Suggested Reading List – Intermediate
H is for Hoosier: An Indiana Alphabet
2004-05 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee – Picture Book
Hannah and the Homunculus
2002 Childrens Picture Book IPPY Award Finalist
Husker Numbers: A Nebraska Number Book
2008 Nebraska Book Award / Cover Design & Illustration Category
2007 Nebraska Farm Bureau Children's Book of the Year Award
I is for Idea: An Inventions Alphabet
2006 Finalist Design/Illustration Category Okalahoma Book Award
I,Q: Independence Hall
Mom's Choice 2009 Gold Award / Juvenile Fiction Category
Jam & Jelly by Holly & Nellie
2002 Midwest Independent Publisher Merit Award
2003 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist
2003 GLBA Children's Book Award Finalist
2003 NAPPA Honor Award
2003 National Outdoor Book Award
2004 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Children' s Literature Honors Award
2004-05 Children's Crown Gallery Award Nominee
2005-06 Virginia Young Reader's List – Primary
Junk Man's Daughter
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
Kelly of Hazel Ridge
2006 National Outdoor Book Award – Children's Category
2007 Skipping Stones Honor Award
2007 IPPY Bronze Award
Last Brother: A Civil War Tale, The
2007 Storytelling Award Honor – Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listeners Category
2007 IPPY Bronze Award 07
2008 NYSRA Suggested Reading List – Intermediate
2007 Caroline Field Honor Book (PA Lib. Assoc – Librarian's Choice)
Legend of Leelanau, The
2003 GLBA Children's Book Award Finalist
Legend of Mackinac Island, The
More than 75,000 copies sold
1999 Read Michigan Selection
1999 GLBA Children's Book Award
2002 MRA Reader's Choice Award winner
Legend of Minnesota, The
2006 Northeastern Minnesota Book Honor Award
Legend of Sleeping Bear, The
More than 200,000 copies sold
Official State of Michigan Children's Book
1999 IPPY Award Finalist
Legend of the Loon, The
2001 IRA Children's Choice Award winner
Legend of the Teddy Bear, The
More than 50,000 copies sold
2001 IRA Children's Choice Award winner
2003-2004 Indiana Young Hoosier State Book award Nominee
Let Them Play
2006 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List
2006 CCBC Choices 2006 – Historical People, Places and Events Category Cooperative Children's Book Center of the University of Wisconsin, School of Education
2006 Skipping Stones Magazine Honor Award Multicultural and International Awareness category
2006 Independent Publisher's Ten Outstanding Books of the Year List – Honorable Mention in the Most Inspirational to Youth Category
2006 Carter G. Woodson Book Award – Elementary Level
2007 Storytelling Award winner – Pre-Adolescent Category
Lucky Star, The
2009 Storytelling World Awards / Pre-adolescent Listeners Category
M is for Magnolia: A Mississippi Alphabet
2005 Mississippi Center for the Book selection for exhibit at the National Book Festival
M is for Majestic: A National Parks Alphabet
2006 Great Lakes' Great Books Award Nominee – 2nd & 3rd Grade
M is for Maple: A Canadian Alphabet
2002-03 Blue Spruce Award Nominee
M is for Meow: A Cat Alphabet
2007 National Best Books Finalist in the Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction category
2007 Cat Writers Association Muse Medallion winner – Books for Children category
2007 Cat Writers Association Muse Medallion winner – Fort Dodge/Healthy Cats for Life Turning Point Award
2007 Cat Writers Association Muse Medallion winner – Kuykendall Image Award (illustration)
2007 ASPCA® Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor – Illustration Category
M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet
More than 100,000 copies sold
2000 Read Michigan Selection
2004 National Book Festival state selection for Michigan
2005 National Book Festivals state selection to represent Michigan
Mackinac Bridge: The Story of the Five Mile Poem
2007 Michigan Notables Book List
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
More than 50,000 copies sold
2002 Midwest Independent Publisher Award
2003 Children's Choices – IRA
2003-04 Texas Bluebonnet Runner-up
2003-04 Beehive Award Nominee
2004-05 Children's Crown Honor Book
2004-05 Show Me Award Nominee
2004 "Living the Dream" Book Award – Manhattan Country School, New York, NY
2006 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee
2007 Storytelling Award winner – Stories for Young Listeners Category
Michigan Reader, The
2002 MRA Reader's Choice Award winner
My Grandma Likes to Say
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
My Momma Likes to Say
2003 NAPPA (National Parenting Publications) Honor Award
2004 Children's Choices – IRA
2005-06 Children's Crown Award Nominee
2006 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee
My Teacher Likes to Say
2005-2006 Keystone Reading Book Award Nominee. A Children's Choice Award
Night Henry Ford Met Santa, The
2007 Friends of American Writers Juvenile Literature Book Award
One Nation: America by the Numbers
More than 80,000 copies sold
Orange Shoes, The
2009-2010 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Reading List
2008 IRA Teachers' Choices – Primary Category
2007 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors Winner
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
P is for Passport: A World Alphabet
2003 MIPA Merit Award Winner
P is for Peace Garden: A North Dakota Alphabet
2005-2006 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Nominee — Upper Grade Level Non-Fiction. A Children's Choice Award
Upper Grade Level Non-Fiction. A Children's Choice Award
2006 North Dakota Professional Communicators Award
P is for Potato: An Idaho Alphabet
2005 Idaho Alphabet Center for the Book selection for exhibit at the National Book Festival
Pappy's Handkerchief
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2008 List (NCSS & CBC cooperative project)
2008 Oklahoma Book Award Winner – Children/Young Adult Category
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
Penny: The Forgotten Coin
2004-05 Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee
Place Called Home, A
2001 Read Michigan Selection
R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet
2008 Mom's Choice Gold Award / Educator's Choice
2007 Best Juvenile Book Award – Missouri Writer's Guild
2006 NAPPA Honor Award
Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story
More than 40,000 copies sold
Riding to Washington
Learning Magazine's 2009 Teacher's Choice Awards for Children's Books
Rudy Rides the Rails
2007 Chicago Book & Media, Award of Excellence – Children's Picture Book category
S is for Show Me: A Missouri Alphabet
2006 Missouri Writers Guild Best Junvenile Book Award
2008 Missouri Center for the Book National Book Festival Representative
S is for Sooner: An Oklahoma Alphabet
2004 Oklahoma Book Award – Design/Illustration Category
S is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet
2006 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee
S is for Sunshine: A Florida Alphabet
2005 Florida Center for the Book selection for the National Book Festival Exhibit
Saving Samantha
2004 GLBA Children's Book Award Finalist
2005 IRA Children's Book Award Notable
2004 ForeWord's Book of the Year finalist
2005 KIND Children's Honor Book (Kids In Nature's Defense — national association for humane and environmental education)
2006-07 Childrens Crown Award Nominee a Childrens Choice Award
Say Daddy!
2008 Nappa Gold Award / Infants & Toddlers Category
Scarlet Stocking Spy, The
New York State Reading Association's Charlotte Committee Suggested Reading Lists – Intermediate Category
2005 IRA Teacher's Choice, Intermediate
2005 ForeWord's Book of the Year Finalist
2005 Chicago Book Clinic's Children's Picture Book Award of Excellence
2007 Learning Magazine Teachers' Choice Award
Shep: Our Most Loyal Dog
2008 Treasure State Award (A Montana Readers Choice Award)
Someday is Not a Day of the Week
2006-07 Children’s Crown Gallery Award Nominee – a Children’s Choice Award
Children's Choices 2006 (IRA/CBC)
2006 Writer's Notes Book Award Notable
Story of the H. L. Hunley and Queenie's Coin, The
2005 SEBA Award Nominee
2005 IRA Children's Book Award Notable
T is for Tar Heel: A North Carolina Alphabet
2004 SEBA Award Nominee
2004-05 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee – Jr. Category
2005 ALA Many Voices, One Nation Booklist
T is for Teachers: A School Alphabet
2006 Learning Magazine Teachers' Choice Award for Children's Books
Tsunami Quilt, The
2008 Storytelling World Awards Honor winner in the Pre-Adolescent Listeners category
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
V is for Viking: A Minnesota Alphabet
2004 Minnesota Book Award Finalist
2003 NEMBA Award (Northeast Minnesota Book – UMD Duluth)
V is for Volunteer: A Tennessee Alphabet
2004 National Book Festival's state selection to represent Tennessee
Voyageur's Paddle, The
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet
2005 SBF (Science Books & Films) Best Books for Children list, Earth Science category
2007 Learning Magazine 2007 Teachers' Choice Award
What Cats Want for Christmas
2008 Oklahoma Book Award Winner – Design/Illustration Category
What Dogs Want for Christmas
2009 Oklahoma Book Award for Illustration
Willow
North Dakota 2010 Flicker Tale Children's Picture Book Award
Mom's Choice 2009 Gold Award / Inspirational/Motivational
Mom's Choice 2009 Gold Award / Distinctive Illustration
Mom's Choice 2009 Gold Award / Most Outstanding Children's Book
2009-2010 Kids' Wings Award List – By Kids' Wings Creative Educational Associates (http://suzyred.com)
Mom's Choice Award – Most Outstanding Children's book for 2009
Mom's Choice 2009 Gold Award/ Inspirational / Motivational Category
2009 Eric Hoffer Book Award / Honorable Mention
2009 Storytelling World Awards / Young Listeners Category
2008 Nappa Honor Award / Ages 6 & Up Category
Win One for the Gipper: America's Favorite Football Hero
2007 Storytelling Awards Winner – Stories for Adolescent Listeners Category
Win One for the Gipper: America's Football Hero
2006 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award Shortlist – Intermediate Category
2006 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Committee Suggested Reading List – Intermediate Category
2005 IRA Teacher's Choice, Intermediate
2005 Great Lakes Book Award Finalist
2006 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Committee Suggested Reading
Winter’s Gift
2006 Writers Notes Book Award – Children's Category
2005 IRA Children's Book Award Notable
2005-2006 Florida Reading Association's Children's Book Award nominee
Yatandou
A Junior Library Guild Selection
2007 National Best Books Finalist in the Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction category
2008 Amelia Bloomer Project – Recommended Feminist Books for Young Readers
2007 Bank Street College of Education – Best Book of the Year List
Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers
2009 IRA Teachers' Choices List / Intermediate Category
Illustrator wins Society of Illustrators Gold Medal in the Book category
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet
More than 100,000 copies sold
2003 Blue Spruce Award
2002 Midwest Independent Publishers Award
Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet
Mom's Choice 2009 Gold Award / Juvenile Fantasy, Myths & Legends Category
Z is for Zookeeper
2005 SBF (Science Books & Films) Best Books for Children list, Zoological Sciences category