Awards
Awards for A Sky Full of Song
- Winner of the Sydney Taylor Honor Award
- Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award
- Winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award
- New-York State Historical Society Children’s History Book Award Finalist
- High Plains Book Award Young Reader Finalist
- High Plains Book Award Woman Writer Finalist
- Bank Street College of Education Best Book, “Outstanding Merit.
- Boston Authors Club Notable Book
- Winner of the PJ Our Way Author Incentive Award
Awards for Skating With the Statue of Liberty
- Julia Ward Howe Honor Award Winner
- Sydney Taylor Notable Book
- Massachusetts Book Award “Must-Read Book”
- Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
- Junior Library Guild Selection.
Awards for Black Radishes
- Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner.
- Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year.
- Massachusetts Book Award Must-Read Finalist.
- Boston Author’s Club Highly Recommended Book.
- Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award Finalist.
- South Korea Morning Calm Award Finalist.
- Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Young Adult Top 40 book.
- Instructor Magazine Best Kids’ Book: Historical Fiction
Awards for New Shoes
- Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Award.
- NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor Award winner
- NAACP Image Award Nominee
- Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
- ALA Notable Book Nominee
- NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- Massachusetts Book Award Must-Read Book.
- Winner of the New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award (Intermediate)
- Illinois Monarch Award Master List Book
- Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee
- Read On Wisconsin Master List Book
- South Dakota Prairie Bloom Award Nominee
- Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Books Best Multicultural Book
- CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center) Choice Book
- Chicago Public Library Best Picture Book
- Teaching for Change Favorite Book
- Mighty Girl Top Book for Younger Readers
- Open Circle Curriculum Recommended Book for Social Awareness
Awards for Matthew and Tall Rabbit Go Camping
- Your Big Backyard book of the month.