Nominated 2012 Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Shining Willow Award ( The Flute )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2012 ( The Flute )

Honour Book, 2012 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award ( That Boy Red )

Nominated, 2012/2012 Red Cedar Book Award ( That Boy Red )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2012 ( That Boy Red )

Nominated Silver Birch Award 2012 ( That Boy Red )

Girl Guides' Book Club Pick 2011 ( That Boy Red )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011 ( Catching Time )

Resource Links Year’s Best Fiction Grades 3-6, 2009 ( The Trouble With Dilly )

Girl Guide Book Club Pick, 2009 ( The Trouble With Dilly )

Nominated, Blue Spruce Award, 2009 ( Making Grizzle Grow )

Nominated, Saskatchewan Young Reader’s Choice Award, 2009 ( Making Grizzle Grow )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Best Books for Kids and Teens 2009 ( Making Grizzle Grow )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice 2007 ( When-I-was-a-little-girl )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice 2007 ( Grandpa’s Clock )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice 2006 ( The Sower of Tales )

National Chapter IODE Violet Downey Award, 2006 ( The Sower of Tales )

Nominated, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, (MYRCA) 2007 ( The Sower of Tales )

Nominated for Red Maple Award, 2006 ( The Sower of Tales )

Honor Book, 2002 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award ( A Group of One )

New York Public Library 2002 Books for the Teen Age List ( A Group of One )

Cooperative Children’s Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Choices, 2002 ( A Group of One )

Bank Street College of Education's 2002 "The Best Children’s Books of the Year." ( A Group of One )

Nominated for 2002 Saskatchewan Young Reader's Choice Award for Grades K-3 ( A Gift for Gita )

Gloucester Arts Award 2000 for Outstanding Artistic Achievement

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice Award, 2001 ( Mina's Spring of Colors )

Short-listed: 2001 Silver Birch Award ( Mina's Spring of Colors )

Short-listed: 2002 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award ( Mina's Spring of Colors )

Winner: 1999 Governor General's Literary Award for Children’s Literature Text ( A Screaming Kind of Day )

Chapters Write for Canada Selection, October 1999 ( A Screaming Kind of Day )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice 2000, starred selection ( A Screaming Kind of Day )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice ( Fangs And Me, 1999 )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice ( A Gift for Gita, 1999 )

Short-listed: Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 1998 ( A Friend Like Zilla )

Short-listed and Regional Winner: Silver Birch Award, 1996 ( A Friend Like Zilla )

Short-listed: Mr Christie Book Award, 1996 ( A Friend Like Zilla )

Short-listed: International Reading Association 1996 Children’s Book Award ( A Friend Like Zilla )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice ( Roses For Gita,1996 )

Pick of the Lists, American Bookseller, 1995 ( Lights For Gita )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice ( A Friend Like Zilla, 1995 )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice ( Lights For Gita, 1994 )

Morningside Book Panel Choice ( Lights For Gita, Dec, 1994 )

Short-listed: Ottawa-Carleton Book Award, 1993 ( Of Customs and Excise )

Short-listed: Best First Book, 1992 Commonwealth Book Awards, Canada and Caribbean Region ( Of Customs and Excise )

Canadian Children’s Book Centre Choice ( Aunt Fred Is a Witch, 1991 )

Third prize, Carl Sentner Short Story Award, 1990

Morningside Book Panel Choice ( When-I-was-a-little-girl, 1989 )

Second prize, Carl Sentner Short Story Award, 1989

Third prize, Carl Sentner Short Story Award, 1988