Amelia Bloomer Project
Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA)
Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream Hiromi's Hands Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace Summer of the Mariposas

Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN)
Under the Mesquite

All-Time Best Books for Big Kids
Parents.com
Elizabeti's Doll

ALA Notable Children's Books
American Library Association (ALA)
Bird Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan Chess Rumble Cool Melons- Turn to Frogs! Crazy Horse's Vision Elizabeti's Doll Family Pictures Gracias · Thanks Horse Song Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers I See the Rhythm (pb) The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match Nine-In-One, Grr! Grr! ¡Olé! Flamenco Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story Poems to Dream Together/Poemas para soñar juntos The Pot That Juan Built The Storyteller's Candle Strong to the Hoop Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius Tofu Quilt Under the Mesquite The Woman Who Outshone the Sun Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico! Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

Américas Award
Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
A Movie in My Pillow In My Family Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico!

Américas Award Honor
Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
I Know the River Loves Me Magic Windows My First Book of Proverbs My Papa Diego and Me My Very Own Room The Storyteller's Candle Under the Mesquite

Américas Award Commended Titles
Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
Angel's Kite Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems The Birthday Swap Calling the Doves Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art! Confetti: Poems for Children From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems Grandma and Me at the Flea Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems It Doesn't Have To Be This Way Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems My Colors, My World/ Mis colores, mi mundo My Diary from Here to There ¡Qué sorpresa de cumpleanos! The Pot That Juan Built Tan to Tamarind Where Fireflies Dance Xochitl and the Flowers

Arkansas Diamond Book Award Masterlist
George Crum and the Saratoga Chip

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Young Readers category honorable mention for illustration
Cool Melons- Turn to Frogs! Hiromi's Hands Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Young Readers category honorable mention for text
Shanghai Messenger Tofu Quilt

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Young Readers category winner for illustration
Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Picture Book Winner
Yasmin's Hammer

Bank Street Bookstore Bestseller
Love to Langston

Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Award
Finalist
Cool Melons- Turn to Frogs!

Beatty Award
2002 Eureka Bibliography
Flowers From Mariko

Best of the Best List
Chicago Public Library, Children and Young Adult Services
Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures A Full Moon is Rising I and I Bob Marley Jim Thorpe's Bright Path The Jones Family Express Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers Poems to Dream Together/Poemas para soñar juntos Under the Mesquite Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico! Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

Best Books
Kirkus Reviews
Bird The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan Under the Mesquite Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty

Best Books
Nick Jr. Family magazine
The Pot That Juan Built Toddler Two/Dos Años

Best Books
School Library Journal
Elizabeti's Doll Love to Langston The Pot That Juan Built Summer of the Mariposas

Best Books About Real Life
Family Fun magazine
Janna and the Kings

Best Book of the Year
New York Family
Elizabeti's Doll