








RAVE REVIEWS AND RECOGNITION
TRUNK GOES THUNK! A WOODLAND TALE OF OPPOSITES - 2025-2026 Keystone to Reading Elementary Awards Preschool List
MOUSTERWORKS - Kirkus (Online Mar. 2025, Print ed. April 2025)
TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS - School Library Journal (Feb. 2025)
READY TO SMILE AGAIN - Kirkus (Online Dec. 2024; Print ed. Jan. 2025)
KAI PO CHE: MINI'S PERFECT KITE - Kirkus (Online Nov. 2024; Print ed. Jan 2025)
TORRIBLE PUNS: A COLLECTION OF PUNNY POEMS - Kirkus (Online Oct. 2024; Print ed. Dec. 2024)
THE SORRY SEEDS (Nov. 2024)
TRUNK GOES THUNK! A WOODLAND TALE OF OPPOSITES (Nov. 2024)
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS - School Library Journal (Nov. 2024)
EMILY SNOOK: THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK - School Library Journal (Oct. 2024)
FROM THE FARM, TO OUR TABLE - School Library Journal Online (Sept. 2024)
NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - School Library Journal Online (Sept. 2024)
EMILY SNOOK: THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK - Booklist (Oct. 2024)
TRUNK GOES THUNK! A WOODLAND TALE OF OPPOSITES - Booklist (Sep. 2024)
ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES - SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, Texas-Oklahoma Division (2024)
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS - Publishers Weekly (Jul. 2024)
TANGO RED RIDING HOOD - 2024 Skipping Stones Multicultural Book Award.
THE SORRY SEEDS - Kirkus Reviews (Jul. 2024)
TRUNK GOES THUNK! A WOODLAND TALE OF OPPOSITES - Kirkus Reviews (Jul. 2024)
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS - Kirkus Reviews (Jul. 2024)
EMILY SNOOK: THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK - Kirkus Reviews (Jul. 2024)
FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE - Foreward INDIES 2023 Picture Book of the Year - Honorable Mention (Jun. 2024)
NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - Los Angeles Book Review (May 2024)
ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES - A Bank Street College of Education "Best Children's Books of the Year"selection, (2024 ed.), Poetry, Ages 5 to 9!
SCIENCE, MATTER AND THE BASEBALL PARK - A Bank Street College of Education "Best Children's Books of the Year" selection (2024 ed.), STEM Category, Ages 5 to 9!
FROM THE FARM, TO OUR TABLE - CBC Hot-Off-the-Press "Nature's Cradle" Spotlight Feature selection (Apr. 2024)
OLD TO JOY - A 2024 CBC Librarians Favorite Award Winner (Top Ten!)
ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES - A 2024 CBC Teachers Favorite Award Winner
TANGO RED RIDING HOOD - Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award Honor Book (Apr. 2024)
THE IMPOSTER - School Library Journal (Apr. 2024); Midwest Book Review (Mar. 2024)
SEA SMILES - Midwest Book Review (Mar. 2024); The Children's Book Review (Mar. 2024)
FROM THE FARM, TO OUR TABLE - ALA Booklist 2024 Spring Youth Preview notable new title
NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - ALA Booklist 2024 Spring Youth Preview notable new title
SEA SMILES - CBC Hot-Off-the-Press Spotlight Feature (Feb. 2024)
NANCY BESS HAD A DRESS - Foreward Review (Mar/Apr., 2024)
HOW TO HATCH A READER - Northern Lights Book Award - Humor Category!
ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES - Named a 2024 NSTA Best Science Trade Book
IN A CAVE - School Library Journal (July, 2023); Midwest Book Review (Sept. 2023)
MY PIANO - Starred Review, School Library Journal (July 2023)
TANGO RED RIDING HOOD - School Library Journal (July 2023)
OLD TO JOY - School Library Journal (Aug. 2023)
HOW TO HATCH A READER - School Library Journal (July 2023); Midwest Book Review (Sept. 2023)
SCIENCE, MATTER AND THE BASEBALL PARK - Story Monsters Purple Dragonfly Award, Honorable Mention STEM Book!
FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE - Midwest Book Review (July 2023)
LOVE WILL TURN YOU AROUND - Midwest Book Review (July 2023)
NUDI GILL: POISON POWERHOUSE OF THE SEA - 2023 Nevada "Great Reads from Great Places" National Book Fair Selection; Booklist (May 2023)
ANIMALS IN SURPRISING SHADES: POEMS ABOUT EARTH'S COLORFUL CREATURES - School Library Journal (Jan. 2023) ; Academy of American Poets 2023 Summer Books for Young Readers List
SCIENCE, MATTER AND THE BASEBALL PARK - Booklist Online (Sept. 2023)


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