Complete Writing and Illustration Credits
(Some of these books are out of Print)

MERMAID SISTER
(author/illustrator) Walker and Company   2007
ISBN# 0-8027-9746-6
                **The Missourian Golden Hive Award
                * The Missourian Book Buzz Pick for July  

I.Q. GETS FIT
(author/illustrator) Walker and Company   2007
ISBN# 0-8027-9558-7

 I.Q,. IT’S TIME
(author/illustrator) Walker and Company   2005
ISBN# 0-8027-8978-1
                * Children’s Book of the Month selection
                * Kansas State Reading Circle 2006 Recommended Reading List

I.Q. GOES TO THE LIBRARY
(author/illustrator) Walker and Company   2003
ISBN# 0-8027-8877-7
                * Kansas National Education Association, 2003

I.Q. GOES TO SCHOOL
(author/illustrator) Walker and Company   2002
ISBN# 0-8027-8813-0
              *Society of School Librarians International Book Award, Honor Book, 2003
              * Kansas State Reading Circle 2003-04  

HOW ANIMAL BABIES STAY SAFE
A Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Book
(authr/illustrator) HarperCollins  2002
ISBN# 0-06-028803-5  

WHY FROGS ARE WET
A Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Book
(illustrator) HarperCollins  2000
ISBN# 0-06-028161-8  

VICKSBURG : THE BATTLE THAT WON THE CIVIL WAR
(author/illustrator) Henry Holt  1999
ISBN#0-8050-6106-1
                *NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies 2000  

WHERE ARE THE NIGHT ANIMALS?
A Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Book
(author/illustrator) HarperCollins  1998
HC ISBN#0-06-027717-3; PB ISBN# 0-06-445176-3
                *Book-of-the-Month Club 
                *NCTE Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2000  

MISSION FOR THE PEOPLE:
THE STORY OF LA PURISIMA
 (author/illustrator) Henry Holt 1998
                *NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of 
                 Social Studies
HC ISBN# 0-8050-5050-7  

FOREST FIRE!
(author/illustrator) Fulcrum Kids 1996
HC ISBN#1-55591-251-6; PB ISBN # 0-8167-4962-0

IN SEARCH OF THE GRAND CANYON :
DOWN THE COLORADO WITH JOHN WESLEY POWELL
(author/illustrator) Henry Holt 1995
HC ISBN# 0-8050-3495-1; PB ISBN# 0-8050-5543-6
                *A School Library Journal Book of the Year
                *A BookLinks Book of the Year
                *An NCTE Outstanding Nonfiction Choice for 1995
                *A California Collection selection for Middle and High School 1998

ONE GIANT LEAP
(author/illustrator) Henry Holt 1993
HC ISBN #0-8050-2295-3; PB ISBN# 0-8050-5773-0  

SANCTUARY
(author/illustrator) Henry Holt 1994
ISBN# 0-8050-2920-6
                *Outstanding Science Trade Book for 1995  

TEN MILE DAY AND THE BUILDING OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
(author/illustrator) Henry Holt 1993
HC ISBN# 0-8050-1902-2; PB ISBN# 0-8050-4703-4
                *Book-of-the-Month Club
                *History Book Club
                *American Bookseller Pick of the List  

IN TOP OF THE WORLD:THE CONQUEST OF MOUNT EVEREST
(author/illustrator) Henry Holt 1991
HC ISBN# 0-8050-1578-7
                *International Reading Association Young Reader's Choice
                *NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies