
| picture books that explore and illuminate |
| Children's Literature's Recommended Books for Grandparents' Day September 2006 An Accelerated Reader |
| New York Library Association Children's Book of the Season Winter 2006 Georgia Children's Storybook Award list 2007 New York Charlotte Award list 2007-8 Alabama Emphasis on Reading Award list 2007-8 Arizona Grand Canyon Award list 2008 |
| "Some of the best books we've ever read..." Debbie Dermady, former Chairperson, NY State Reading Association Charlotte Award Committee |
| South Dakota Prairie Bud Award list 2006-7 SSLI Honor Book 2005 ADL Recommended Multicultural and Anti-Bias Book An Accelerated Reader |
| Delaware Diamonds Award list 2007-8 Storytelling World Award Honor Book 2006 Stop Bullying Now! Recommended Resource An Accelerated Reader |
| NEW in paperback Spring 2008 Pennsylvania Young Readers Award list 2005-6 An Accelerated Reader |
| SSLI Honor Book 2004 An Accelerated Reader |
| Storytelling World Award 2008 North Texas Book Festival Book Award 2008 Writers' League, TX, Teddy Children's Book Award 2007 Grand Canyon Reader Award list 2010 Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award list 2009-2010 A Borders Original Voices Selection October 2007 An Accelerated Reader |
| Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year - starred for Outstanding Merit 2008 An Accelerated Reader |
| An Indie Next Kids' Pick, summer 2009 |
| NEW: Fall 2010 |
| New York Charlotte Award list 2006 SSLI Honor Book 2005 Storytelling World Award Honor Book 2005 An Accelerated Reader in English and in Spanish * Starred review in Críticas Magazine |