Awards

NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor for The Mighty Mars Rovers

Oregon Spirit Book Award winner for The Mighty Mars Rovers

ALA Notable for The Mighty Mars Rovers

Bankstreet Best Children's Book for The Mighty Mars Rovers

Best Book of 2012: New York Public Library, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, Nonfiction Detectives for The
Mighty Mars Rovers

NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for The Mighty Mars Rovers

Junior Library Guild selection for Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives

Junior Library Guild selection for Volcano Rising

National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., recommended, A Day With No Crayons

Junior Library Guild Selection for The Mighty Mars Rovers

Crystal Kite Finalist for For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart

Eureka! Silver Honor Book for For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna
Mozart

Winner Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature for A Day With No Crayons

Eloise Garvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature finalist for The Planet Hunter

Outstanding Science Picturebook for The Planet Hunter

Horned Toad Tales nominee for The Planet Hunter

Outstanding Science Picturebook for Will it Blow?

Natural History magazine Best Book for Young Readers for Will It Blow?

PNBA Book Award finalist for Will It Blow? and The Planet Hunter

Oregon Book Award finalist for Will It Blow?

Washington Reads Pick for Will It Blow?

Oregon Literary Fellowship/Edna L. Holmes Fellowship in Young Readers Literature

Kay Snow Literary Award for juvenile literature for The Big Brothers’ Guide

Maggie Award magazine writing

PNWA Literary Award finalist in juvenile literature for Tio Benito’s Bus

A Smithsonian Magazine Notable for Generation Fix

IRA Children’s Book Award finalist for Generation Fix

GP4T Editors’ Choice Award for magazine writing

Oregon Book Award finalist for Generation Fix

Benjamin Fine Award honorable mention for magazine writing

Education Writers Association honorable mention for magazine writing