BOOKS
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Bird & Diz
Two Friends Create Bebop

ALA Notable 2016

Junior Library Guild Selection

School Library Journal - Best of Nonfiction 2015

School Library Journal - Diversity List 2015

SLJ - "Great Books" Music List 2015

CCBC "Choices 2016" List

Spirit Seeker
John Coltrane's Musical Journey

Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year in 4 Categories!

New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading & Sharing

100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2012

Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices 2013 List

Bank Street College Best Children's Books of 2013

About.com Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2012

When Bob Met Woody
The Story of the Young Bob Dylan

2012 National Parenting Publications Award

Children's Cooperative Book Center Best Books of the Year

2012 Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year

JIMI: Sounds Like A Rainbow
A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix

2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award

New York Times Bestseller

Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books of the Year 2011

NCTE Notable Children's Book in English Language Arts

California Reading Association's Eureka! Award

NY Public Library Nonfiction Picture Book Award

NY Book Show Nonfiction Children's Book Award

100 Titles for Reading and Sharing