| 2025 | A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2025 | A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2025 | A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out | Horn Book Fanfare source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Informational Book | |
| 2024 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity | Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Nonfiction | |
| 2024 | Nothing: John Cage and 4' 33" | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers | |
| 2024 | Nothing: John Cage and 4’33” | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction Elementary | |
| 2023 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes | New York Public Library Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books for Kids | |
| 2023 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, A Shocking Heist, and the Birth of A Global Celebrity | Chicago Public Library Best of the Best source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Informational Books for Older Readers | |
| 2023 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity | NPR Books We Love source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books We Love | |
| 2023 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers | |
| 2023 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes | Kirkus Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2023 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Middle Grade | |
| 2023 | The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity | School Library Journal Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Nonfiction Middle to High School | |