1/2013 Helen's Big World is a 2013 ALA Notable Book!

1/2013 Helen's Big World was named a 2013 Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended book!

1/2013 Becoming Babe Ruth got a starred review in Booklist!

8/2012 Another starred review for Helen's Big World! This one from School Library Journal!

8/2012 Helen's Big World got a starred review in The Horn Book Magazine!

7/2012 There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived was named a Top Ten Sports Book for Youth by Booklist!

4/2012 There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived won an Oppenheim Gold Seal Award!

3/2012 I'll be traveling around quite a bit this spring promoting my new picture book, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived (Candlewick). Check out my events page to see where I'll be!

11/11 Over the River and Through the Wood featured in The New York Times!

8/2011 I'll be traveling around New England this Fall promoting my new picture book, Over the River and Through the Wood. Check out my events page to see where I'll be!

8/2011 My upcoming There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived (Candlewick, February, 2012) is a 2012 Junior Library Guild selection! I'm very excited for this one to come out!

3/2011 I've started a new feature on my facebook page- a monthly giveaway of a signed book with an original drawing inside! Here are the details.

3/2011 The International Reading Association selected Henry Aaron's Dream for its Teachers' Choices 2011 list!

3/2011 Henry Aaron's Dream won a Kiddo Award! The award is presented by James Patterson's organization, Read Kiddo Read, to honor "the very best books of the year for getting kids absolutely addicted to reading".

1/2011 The National Council for the Social Studies named Henry Aaron's Dream a 2011 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People!

1/2011 Henry Aaron's Dream was named a 2011 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Recommended Book!


12/2010 Henry Aaron's Dream is a finalist for a Kiddo Award!
12/2010 Henry Aaron's Dream was named one of Smithsonian's 2010 Notable Books for Children.

9/2010 Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy  will be in stores October 26! In the meantime, check out the book trailer.

9/2010 Upcoming Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy won an Oppenheim Gold Seal Award!