Awards and Honors

2011 SCBWI/Anna Cross Giblin work-in-progress award

The Human Microbiome
2016 Junior Library Guild Selection
2017 CBC/Bank Street Best Children's Books

Climate Migrants
2016 Junior Library Guild Selection

Birds vs Blades?
2016 Junior Library Guild Selection
2016 NSTA Recommended Books
2017 CBC/Bank Street Best Children's Books

Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 Kirkus Best Children's Books
2016 Chicago Public Library's Kids Best of the Best Books
2016 SB&F/AAAS Recommended Picture Books
2016 Booklinks Lasting Connections
2016 Cybils Finalist
2016 Best Science and Nature Books – SLJ's Fuse #8 Production
2017 NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts
2017 Riverby Award for nature writing
2017 Blue Crab Young Reader Award (MD)
2018 Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominee (WA)

De-Extinction
2017 NSTA Recommended Books

Series nonfiction

Animal Migration series
2012 Junior Library Guild Selection – Arctic Tern Migration

Comparing Animal Traits series
2015 NSTA Recommended Books
2016 NSTA Recommended Books
2016 Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award

Animal Superpowers series
2017 NSTA Recommended Books - Trapdoor Spiders
2017 NSTA Recommended Books - Exploding Ants