Awards

• 2019 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards (shortlisted}

Lord and Lady Bunny—Almost Royalty!

• The Canadian Library Association's 2015 Children's Book of the Year (Shortlist)
• The Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book of the Year (Shortlist)

One Year in Coal Harbour

• Toronto-Dominion's Canadian Children's Literature Award
• Toronto-Dominion Fan Choice Award
• The Bolen Books Children's Book Prize

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire

• An Amazon 2012 Best Books of 2012
• An Indigo Top 10 Kid's Book for 2012
• The Gold Award in the Fiction category of the 2013 Spring Parents' Choice Awards
• The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis {German Translation)

The Canning Season

• The National Book Award for Young People's Literature
• 2004 Young Adult Canadian Book of the Year
• The Horn Book's Honor List
• Kirkus Editor's Choice
• An American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults Fanfare
• NYC Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
• Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
• School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
• Chicago Tribune Best Books of 2003
• Washington Post Best Books of 2003

Everything on a Waffle

• Newbery Honor Book
• Boston Globe- Horn Book Award Honor Book
• ALA Notable Book
• Child Magazine Best Book Award
• Parents' Choice 2001 Fiction Gold Award
• Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award
• International White Ravens 2002
• Mr. Christie Book Award
• Sheila Egoff Award
• New York Times Bestseller
• Publisher's Weekly Bestseller

The Trolls

• National Book Award Finalist
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book
• ALA Notable Book
• Riverbank Review Book of Distinction
• Booklist Editor's Choice
• Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
• Horn Book Fanfare
• A Rosie O'Donnell Pick and featured on her television show

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire

• Short-listed for Germany's most prestigious literature award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
• The Canadian Library Association's 2015 Children's Book of the Year
• An  Amazon 2012 Best Books of 2012
• A Washington Post Best Kids Book of 2012
• An Indigo Top 10 Kid's Book for 2012
• The Gold Award in the Fiction category of the 2013 Spring Parents' Choice Awards
• The Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book of the Year
• Nominated for the 2016 Massachusetts Children's Book Award Master List

Northward to the Moon

• Oprah's 2010 Reading List
• Parent's Choice Gold Award for 2010

My One Hundred Adventures

• A 2008 Booklist Editors' Choice
• A Best Book of 2008 (Kirkus Reviews)
• A Best Book of 2008 (School Library Journal)
• A Best Book of 2008 (Amazon)
• 2008 New York Public Library List of 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
• NAPPA Gold Award Winner
• Parent's Choice Gold Award
• A Junior Library Guild Selection 
  The Sheila Egoff Prize for Children's Lliterature
  A 2009 Capitol Choice Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens
• An IRA-CBC Children's Choice

The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane

• Sheila Egoff Children's Literature Prize
• Shortlisted for the 2007 Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year
• Included in the Bank Street College list of the Best Children's Books of the Year (Ages Twelve and Up)