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Awards & Honours

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2025 Forest of Reading 'Silver Birch Fiction Award' (shortlisted for Iggy Included)

2024 MYRCA Northern Lights Award (shortlisted for Opposite Identicals)

2025 IBBY Canada Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities Selection (Next Door)

2024 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens Selection (Opposite Identicals, Next Door)

2024 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection (Opposite Identicals)

2023 Toronto Public Library’s ‘First and Best’ selection (Next Door)

2023 Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Book Award Winner (Fred & Marjorie)

2023 Red Cedar Book Award Winner (Fred & Marjorie)

2023 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens Selection (When Spider Met Shrew, The Late, Great Endlings)

2023 IBBY Canada 'Silent Books Collection' selection (Whirl)

2023 Green Earth Book Award (longlisted for The Late, Great Endlings)

2023 Bank Street Books ‘Best of the Year’ starred selection (The Late, Great Endlings)

2023 Bank Street Books ‘Best of the Year’ starred selection (Rainy Days)

2023 Bank Street Books ‘Best of the Year’ selection (Windy Days)

2023 Bank Street Books ‘Best Board Book’ selection (Rainy Days, Windy Days)

2023 Rocky Mountain Book Award (shortlisted for Fred & Marjorie)

2023 Forest of Reading 'Light Reads, Great Stories' selection (Fred & Marjorie)

2021 ALA 'Best Graphic Novel for Children' selection (Fred & Marjorie)

2022 Toronto Public Library’s ‘First and Best’ selection (Rainy Days)

2022 International Literary Association ‘Best of the Year’ selection (When Spider Met Shrew)

2022 Bank Street Books 'Best Book of the Year' selection (Fred & Marjorie)

2022 NSTA & CBC 'Outstanding Science Trade Book' selection (Fred & Marjorie)

2022 OLA 'Best Bets' Honourable Mention (Fred & Marjorie)

2022 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens Selection (Whirl, Sunny Days, Rainy Days)

2022 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens (Windy Days, Swish Slosh, Fred & Marjorie)

2021 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection (Fred & Marjorie)

2021 CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens Selection (Slow Moe, Snow Days)

2020 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Finalist (Snow Days)

2020 Diamond Willow Book Award (shortlisted for My Deal with the Universe)

2020 Red Cedar Book Award (shortlisted for My Deal with the Universe)

2020 Rocky Mountain Book Award (shortlisted for My Deal with the Universe)

2019 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens Starred Selection (for Before You Were Born)

2019 Shining Willow Award (shortlisted for Sun Dog)

2019 Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award Honour Book Winner (for Sun Dog)

2019 IODE Jean Throop Book Award Winner (for Sun Dog)

2018 Resource Links Best Book of the Year (for Sun Dog)

2018 Resource Links Best Book of the Year (for My Deal with the Universe)

2017 Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature (shortlisted for Feathered)

2016 CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens Selection (for Feathered)

2016 Resource Links Best Book of the Year (for Feathered)

2015 Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award (shortlisted for Bye-Bye, Evil Eye)

2012 Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s text (finalist for Under the Moon)

2012 Resource Links Best Book of the Year (for Under the Moon)

2012 CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens Starred Selection (for Under the Moon)

2011 Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award (shortlisted for Lure)

2011 City of Vaughan R.A.V.E. Award for Educator and Mentor in the Literary Arts

2010 Canadian Library Association YA Book Award (shortlisted for Girl on the Other Side)

Forest of Reading Yellow Cedar Award Winner
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