Winner, 2016 BC Book Prize for illustrated children’s literature

Shortlisted, Chocolate Lily Award (BC) 2017

Shortlisted, Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award (USA) 2017

Selected for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Selected as a Reading Light at Balaclava Park in Vancouver, a project between the Vancouver Public Library and the Children’s Writers and Illustrators of BC Society

Shortlisted, Manitoba Readers’ Choice Award for Circle of Cranes.

Winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize: (B.C. Book Prize) for Salmon Creek, along with Kasia Charko, illustrator.

Shortlisted, Skipping Stones Award (U.S.A.) for Salmon Creek.

Shortlisted, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Award for Salmon Creek.

Shortlisted, Chocolate Lily Award for Salmon Creek.

Shortlisted, Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award for Miracle at Willowcreek.

Shortlisted, the Atlantic Children’s Choice Book Award, the Hackmatack Award for Miracle at Willowcreek.