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