*IRA/CBC Children's Choice 2011
*Scholastic Instructor Teachers' Picks: Best of 2010
*Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year List 2012
*New York Times Notable Book 2012
*BCCB Blue Ribbon Book Winner 2013
*California Young Readers Medal winner 2015
*Booklist Editor's Choice 2012
*CCBC Choices 2013
*ALA Notable Children's List 2013
*IRA Teachers' Choices 2013 Reading List
*Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year List 2013
*Wall Street Journal Best of 2012
*NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies
Trade Book for Young People 2013
*South Carolina Picture Book Award
Nominee 2013-2014
*Children's Sequoyah List (Oklahoma) 2015
*Monarch Award List (Illinois) 2014
California Young Reader Medal,
*Red Clover List (Vermont) 20132014-2015
*Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal 2012
*Junior Library Guild selection
*Bank Street College's Best Children's
Books of the Year List 2011
*American Library Association's
Amelia Bloomer List 2011
*Junior Library Guild selection
*BCCB Blue Ribbon Book Winner 2012
*Dorothy Canfield Fisher List
2012-2013
A Junior Library Guild selection
*Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year List 2013
A Junior Library Guild selection
Black-Eyed Susan List (Maryland) 2015-16
A Junior Library Guild selection
Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book--Highly Commended Title
A Junior Library Guild selection