Book Pamela 

Awards and Accolades

Mother of Many

  • 2019 Mom's Choice Award - Gold

  • 2020 Storytelling World Award Honor

  • 2020 Skipping Stones Book Award


As Fast As Words Could Fly

  • 2007 Lee & Low Books New Voices Award

  • 2013 IRA Diverse & Impressive Children's Picture Book List

  • Top 10 Great Literary Finds with Young Readers in Mind for 2013
    (Conversations Book Club)

  • 2014 ALSC (Association for Library Services to Children)
    Notable Children's Books Discussion List

  • Cybils Award Nominee for Fiction Picture Books

  • 2014 Teachers' Choices Reading List - IRA

  • 2014-2015 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Nominee

  • 2014 Skipping Stones Honor Book Award

  • 2015-2016 Show Me Reader Award Final Nominee - MASL (Missouri Association of School Librarians)

  • 2015 Storytelling World Resource Award

  • 2015 Martin Luther King "Living the Dream" Book Award Winner

  • 2016 Charlotte Award Nominee (New York State Reading Association)

  • 2015-2016 Land of Enchantment Book Award (Picture Narrative Division)

  • 2017 SAG-AFTRA Foundation chose to present on Storyline Online, read by Dulé Hill

Color Struck

  • Flamingnet Top Choice Award

  • Selected as required reading at Marygrove College

  • Top Shelf Rating - "Classic"(Best Reviewed books of 2010) Urban Reviews

  • 2015-2016 Battle of the Books List - North Pitt High School


Sheldon, the Mushroom

  • Chosen as a "No Place for Hate" book - Pine Forge Elementary