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
