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Awards and Honors

AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

Junior Library Guild Selection

Cybils, Elementary Non-fiction Award

Children's Book of the Month Club

Eureka! Award for Nonfiction, California Reading Association

Children's Literature Council of Southern California (formerly, Southern California Council on Literature for Children)

Teachers' Choice Awards for Children's Books, Learning Magazine

Society of School Librarians International (SSLI), Honor Book, Social Studies, Grades K-6

Parents' Choice Gold Awards:

National Council for Social Studies/Children's Book Council, Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best

California Readers California Collection

Outstanding Science Trade Books, Children's Book Council and National Science Teachers' Association (CBC/NSTA)

Children's Book of the Month Club

Directors' Choice Award, Early Childhood News

Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year

Merit Award Winner, 3x3 Magazine Illustration Annual No. 4

Best Children's Books and Films, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

ABC Best Books for Children, Association of Booksellers for Children

CCBC Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

John Burroughs Nature Book Award

Golden Kite Honor Book, The Society of Children's Book Writers

Notable Book, American Library Association

School Library Journal Best Books

Recommended Reading, California Literature for Science and Mathematics

Honor Book for Children, New York Academy of Sciences

P.E.N., Los Angeles Chapter, Special Achievement Award

Orbis Pictus award for Outstanding Nonfiction, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Voice of Youth Advocates Nonfiction Honor List

Amazon.com Best Seller, Mexican History for Children

Cat Writers' Association, Certificate of Excellence

Pick of the Lists, American Booksellers Association(ABA)

Virginia Center for Children's Books, Best Bets for the Classroom 2000

Children's Book Council (CBC) Showcase