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 actor, Dulé Hill
