* Golden Kite Award
* Boston Globe - Horn Book Nonfiction Award
* Science Books & Films: Best Books for Children
* Washington Post/American Bookseller: Best Kids' Nonfiction Picture Book
* School Library Journal Best Reference Titles
* Children's Choices Reading List of the CBC (33 books)
* Notable Children's Books in the Social Studies of NCSS/CBC (ten books)
* California Reader Medal Master List (twelve years)
* Texas Bluebonnet Master List (twenty one titles)
* Keystone State Reading Association Master
List Notable Nonfiction Trade
* Books
* New Hampshire Is Reading List/Nonfiction