American Airlines
American Girl
Carus Companies
City of Fredericksburg
HarperCollins
Houghton-Mifflin
Hyperion
Money Management Institute
National Geographic
Penguin-Putnam
Philomel
Preface
Scholastic Press
Simon & Schuster
Sleeping Bear Press
Three Communication Design
Time-Life

American Bookseller Pick of the Lists
Educational Press Association of America Distinguished Achievement Award
Kirkus Reviews pointered review
Los Angeles Society of Illustrators merit award
New York Society of Illustrators merit award
Publisher’s Weekly starred reviews
Redbook Best Children’s Book of the Year
School Library Journal starred reviews
The New York Book Show First Place
Virginia Governor’s Award for the Arts nominee