Awards and Accolades

When Plants Attack: Strange and Terrifying Plants
Junior Library Guild Selection

The Monarchs Are Missing: A Butterfly Mystery
Junior Library Guild Selection

De-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life
NSTA Recommended Books

The Human Microbiome
CBC/Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year
Junior Library Guild Selection

Climate Migrants: On the Move in a Warming World
Green Prize for Sustainable Literature
Junior Library Guild Selection: Climate Migrants

Birds vs Blades? Offshore Wind Power and the Race to Protect Seabirds
CBC/Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year
NSTA Recommended Books
Junior Library Guild Selection

Plants Can't Sit Still
NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts
Riverby Award for nature writing
Blue Crab Young Reader Award (MD)
Kirkus Best Children's Books of the Year
Chicago Public Library's Kids Best of the Best Books
SB&F/AAAS Recommended Picture Books
Booklinks Lasting Connections
Cybils Finalist
Best Science and Nature Books – SLJ's Fuse #8 Production
Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominee (WA)
North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee

Animal Superpowers series
NSTA Recommended Books: Trapdoor Spiders, Exploding Ants

Animal Migration series
Junior Library Guild Selection: Arctic Tern Migration

Comparing Animal Traits series
Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award
NSTA Recommended Books

Other Honors
2011 Anna Cross Giblin award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators