Awards

AEP Distinguished Achievement Awards
Wolves (series: Smart Animals) 2008 finalist
Medical Detective Dogs (series: Dog Heroes) 2007 winner
Bethany Hamilton (series: Defining Moments: Overcoming Challenges) 2007 finalist
SuperCroc (series: Fossil Hunters) 2007 finalist
A T. rex Named Sue (series: Fossil Hunters) 2007 finalist

ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Awards
Fire Dogs (series: Dog Heroes) 2006
Water Rescue Dogs (series: Dog Heroes) 2006

Children's Choice Book Awards
Spooky Cemeteries (series: Scary Places) 2009 winner

Children's Choices
Aye-Aye (series: Uncommon Animals) 2010
Ben Roethlisberger (series: Football Heroes Making a Difference) 2010
Bug-a-licious (series: Extreme Cuisine) 2010
Chihuahua (series: Little Dogs Rock!) 2010
Michael Phelps (series: Defining Moments: Super Athletes) 2010
Pug (series: Little Dogs Rock!) 2010
Florida Panthers (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2009
Manny Ramirez and the Boston Red Sox (series: World Series Superstars) 2009
Pararescuemen in Action (series: Special Ops) 2009
Southern Sea Otters (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2009
Spooky Cemeteries (series: Scary Places) 2009
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (series: Super Bowl Superstars) 2009
Dogs (series: Smart Animals) 2008
Medical Detective Dogs (series: Dog Heroes) 2008
Military Dogs (series: Dog Heroes) 2008
Race Horses (series: Horse Power) 2008
Wolves (series: Smart Animals) 2008
Food Creations (series: Which Came First?) 2007
Pigs (series: Smart Animals) 2007
Sled Dogs (series: Dog Heroes) 2007
Sporting Events (series: Which Came First?) 2007
Police Dogs (series: Dog Heroes) 2006

Delaware Diamonds
Orangutans (series: Smart Animals) 2008-2009 finalist

Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award
Gooey Jellyfish (series: No Backbone! Marine Invertebrates) 2008-2009 Honor Book

Junior Library Guild Selections
Erased by a Tornado! (series: Disaster Survivors) 2010

KC3 Book Award
Bethany Hamilton (series: Defining Moments: Overcoming Challenges) 2009-2010 Finalist

Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Awards
Dust Bowl! (series: X-Treme Disasters That Changed America) 2006 Honor Book

Mockingbird Award
Prickly Sea Stars (series: No Backbone! Marine Invertebrates) 2009-2010 finalist
Saltwater Crocodile (series: SuperSized!) 2008-2009 finalist
Ostrich (series: SuperSized!) 2007-2008 finalist

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards
Ray Charles (series: Defining Moments: Overcoming Challenges) 2007 Silver Medal

NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
Forbidden City (series: Castles, Palaces & Tombs) 2007
Dust Bowl! (series: X-Treme Disasters That Changed America) 2006

NSTA Recommends
Emerald Boas (series: Disappearing Acts) 2010
Green Tree Frogs (series: Disappearing Acts) 2010
Katydids (series: Disappearing Acts) 2010
Three-toed Sloths (series: Disappearing Acts) 2010
Tiger Sharks (series: Disappearing Acts) 2010
Toco Toucans (series: Disappearing Acts) 2010
The Ant's Nest (series: Spectacular Animal Towns) 2010
The Bat's Cave (series: Spectacular Animal Towns) 2010
The Beaver's Lodge (series: Spectacular Animal Towns) 2010
The Coral Reef (series: Spectacular Animal Towns) 2010
The Honey Bee's Hive (series: Spectacular Animal Towns) 2010
The Prairie Dog's Town (series: Spectacular Animal Towns) 2010
Building Greenscrapers (series: Going Green) 2009
Eating Green (series: Going Green) 2009
Making Cities Green (series: Going Green) 2009
Traveling Green (series: Going Green) 2009
Using Earth's Underground Heat (series: Going Green) 2009
Bloodsucking Leeches (series: No Backbone! Creepy Crawlers) 2009
Creeping Land Snails (series: No Backbone! Creepy Crawlers) 2009
Leggy Centipedes (series: No Backbone! Creepy Crawlers) 2009
Roly-Poly Pillbugs (series: No Backbone! Creepy Crawlers) 2009
Stinging Scorpions (series: No Backbone! Creepy Crawlers) 2009
Wiggly Earthworms (series: No Backbone! Creepy Crawlers) 2009
California Condors (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2009
Red Wolves (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2009
Crafty Garden Spiders (series: No Backbone! Spiders) 2008
Deadly Black Widows (series: No Backbone! Spiders) 2008
Hairy Tarantulas (series: No Backbone! Spiders) 2008
Jumping Spiders (series: No Backbone! Spiders) 2008
Spooky Wolf Spiders (series: No Backbone! Spiders) 2008
Tricky Trapdoor Spiders (series: No Backbone! Spiders) 2008
Armored and Dangerous (series: Dino Times Trivia) 2008
Giant-o-saurs (series: Dino Times Trivia) 2008
Ocean Monsters (series: Dino Times Trivia) 2008
Pet-sized Dinos (series: Dino Times Trivia) 2008
Savage Slashers (series: Dino Times Trivia) 2008
Sky Terrors (series: Dino Times Trivia) 2008
Climate Change (series: Earth in Danger) 2008
Energy for the Future (series: Earth in Danger) 2008
Garbage and Recycling (series: Earth in Danger) 2008
Habitat Destruction (series: Earth in Danger) 2008
Living Green (series: Earth in Danger) 2008
Pollution (series: Earth in Danger) 2008
American Alligators (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2008
American Bison (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2008
Black-footed Ferrets (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2008
Florida Manatees (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2008
Gray Wolves (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2008
Grizzly Bears (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2008
Southern Sea Otters (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2008
SuperCroc (series: Fossil Hunters) 2007
The Oviraptor Adventure (series: Fossil Hunters) 2007
The Maiasaura Nests (series: Fossil Hunters) 2007
The Fossil Feud (series: Fossil Hunters) 2007
The Albertosaurus Mystery (series: Fossil Hunters) 2007
A T. rex Named Sue (series: Fossil Hunters) 2007

NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books
SuperCroc (series: Fossil Hunters) 2008

Society of School Librarians International Book Awards
Bloody Horned Lizards (series: Gross-out Defenses) 2009 Honor Book
American Alligators (series: America's Animal Comebacks) 2008 Honor Book

Teachers' Choice Award for Children's Books
Michael Phelps (series: Defining Moments: Super Athletes) 2010
LeBron James (series: Defining Moments: Super Athletes) 2010
Arctic Fox (series: Uncommon Animals) 2010
Aye-Aye (series: Uncommon Animals) 2010
Fossa (series: Uncommon Animals) 2010
Platypus (series: Uncommon Animals) 2010
Tasmanian Devil (series: Uncommon Animals) 2010
Weddell Seal (series: Uncommon Animals) 2010
Crawling Crabs (series: No Backbone! Marine Invertebrates) 2009
Gooey Jellyfish (series: No Backbone! Marine Invertebrates) 2009
Prickly Sea Stars (series: No Backbone! Marine Invertebrates) 2009
Slimy Sea Slugs (series: No Backbone! Marine Invertebrates) 2009
Squirting Squids (series: No Backbone! Marine Invertebrates) 2009
Squishy Sponges (series: No Backbone! Marine Invertebrates) 2009