The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea ALSC Notable Children's Books CCBC Choice Univ of WI Junior Library Guild Selection 2017-18 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award South Dakota Children's Prairie Bloom Award The Deadliest Creature in the World Publishers Weekly, starred review School Library Journal, starred review Junior Library Guild selection Amazon Editors Best Children's Books of the Year Feathered Dinosaurs Junior Library Guild selection NSTA 2017 Outstanding Science Trade Book Recommended Reading List The Greatest Dinosaur Ever 2013 Wilde Awards for Picture Books School Library Journal Starred Reviews Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Moon Bear Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year School Library Journal starred review Parents' Choice Award Earth: Feeling the Heat NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books Ice Bears John Burroughs Medal for Outstanding Natural History Writing Orbis Pictus Recommended Title Kansas State Reading Circle Mud City BWI "Top Pick" Reading Rockets Recommended Rain, Rain, Rain Forest Booklist starred review, Top Ten Sci-tech Books for Youth Animal Behavior Society's Outstanding Children's Book Award finalist ABA Book Sense nomination The Emperor Lays an Egg School Library Journal starred review, Best Books for 2001 Booklist starred review, Top Ten Sci-Tech Books for Youth Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Choices 2002 Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year BWI "Top Pick" Trumpet Book Club Editor's Pick Mummy Mysteries: Tales From North America ABA Kid's Pick Rhode Island Children's Book Award nomination Parent's Choice 1998 Into the Sea School Library Journal starred review, Best Books for 1996 ABA Pick of the List Society of School Librarians International Science Honor K-6 Children's Literature Top Choice Chicago Public Library Best of the Best IRA Los Angeles' 100 Best Books

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