Awards and Honors
2022 - Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year: Night Creatures
2022 - Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Nominee: Night Creatures
2021 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Sensational Senses
2020 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Living Fossils
2020 - Booklist Top 10 Books on the Environment & Sustainability for Youth: Where Have All the Bees Gone?
2020 - Booklist Review of the Day: Where Have All the Bees Gone?
2020 - AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books longlist: When Plants Attack
2019 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Where Have All the Bees Gone?
2019 - Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year, outstanding merit: The Monarchs Are Missing
2019 - Maine State Library Cream of the Crop Award: The Monarchs Are Missing
2019 - Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee: Plants Can't Sit Still
2019 - North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee: Plants Can't Sit Still
2019 - Junior Library Guild Selection: When Plants Attack
2019 - NYC Reads 365 kindergarten reading list: Plants Can't Sit Still
2018 - Green Prize for Sustainable Literature: Climate Migrants
2018 - Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee: Plants Can't Sit Still
2018 - Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee: Plants Can't Sit Still
2018 - Junior Library Guild Selection: The Monarchs Are Missing
2017 - NSTA Recommended Books: De-Extinction
2017 - Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year: The Human Microbiome
2017 - Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year: Birds vs Blades?
2017 - Riverby Award winner: Plants Can't Sit Still
2017 - Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award winner: Plants Can't Sit Still
2017 - NSTA Recommended Books: Trapdoor Spiders
2017 - NSTA Recommended Books: Exploding Ants
2016 - Junior Library Guild Selection: The Human Microbiome
2016 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Climate Migrants
2016 - NSTA Recommended Books: : Birds vs Blades?
2016 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Birds vs Blades?
2016 - NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Kirkus Best Children's Books of the Year: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Chicago Public Library's Kids Best of the Best Books: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Wilde Award/Best Children's Books of the Year: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - SB&F/AAAS Recommended Picture Books: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Booklinks Lasting Connections: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Cybils Finalist: Plants Can't Sit Still
2015 - Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award: Comparing Animal Traits series
2015 - NSTA Recommended Books: Comparing Animal Traits series
2012 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Arctic Tern Migration
2011 - Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Anna Cross Giblin Award
2022 - Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Nominee: Night Creatures
2021 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Sensational Senses
2020 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Living Fossils
2020 - Booklist Top 10 Books on the Environment & Sustainability for Youth: Where Have All the Bees Gone?
2020 - Booklist Review of the Day: Where Have All the Bees Gone?
2020 - AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books longlist: When Plants Attack
2019 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Where Have All the Bees Gone?
2019 - Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year, outstanding merit: The Monarchs Are Missing
2019 - Maine State Library Cream of the Crop Award: The Monarchs Are Missing
2019 - Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee: Plants Can't Sit Still
2019 - North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee: Plants Can't Sit Still
2019 - Junior Library Guild Selection: When Plants Attack
2019 - NYC Reads 365 kindergarten reading list: Plants Can't Sit Still
2018 - Green Prize for Sustainable Literature: Climate Migrants
2018 - Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award nominee: Plants Can't Sit Still
2018 - Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee: Plants Can't Sit Still
2018 - Junior Library Guild Selection: The Monarchs Are Missing
2017 - NSTA Recommended Books: De-Extinction
2017 - Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year: The Human Microbiome
2017 - Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year: Birds vs Blades?
2017 - Riverby Award winner: Plants Can't Sit Still
2017 - Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award winner: Plants Can't Sit Still
2017 - NSTA Recommended Books: Trapdoor Spiders
2017 - NSTA Recommended Books: Exploding Ants
2016 - Junior Library Guild Selection: The Human Microbiome
2016 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Climate Migrants
2016 - NSTA Recommended Books: : Birds vs Blades?
2016 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Birds vs Blades?
2016 - NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Kirkus Best Children's Books of the Year: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Chicago Public Library's Kids Best of the Best Books: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Wilde Award/Best Children's Books of the Year: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - SB&F/AAAS Recommended Picture Books: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Booklinks Lasting Connections: Plants Can't Sit Still
2016 - Cybils Finalist: Plants Can't Sit Still
2015 - Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award: Comparing Animal Traits series
2015 - NSTA Recommended Books: Comparing Animal Traits series
2012 - Junior Library Guild Selection: Arctic Tern Migration
2011 - Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Anna Cross Giblin Award