1998 Christopher Award
for "works that affirm the highest values of the human spirit."
Presented by The Christophers

Hodge Podger Award
for Best Children's Book of the Year 1998.
Presented by Frank Hodge and the Hodge Podge Society, Albany, NY

The Paterson Prize for Children's Literature
Presented by The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ

American Bookseller, "Pick of the Lists"

Booklist, starred review

Kirkus Reviews, pointer review

Nominations:
Charlotte Award 2000 (New York State Reading Association)
Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2000
(Dept. of Language Education, College of Education, Univ. of Georgia)
Keystone to Reading Book Award 2000
(Keystone State Reading Association, Pennsylvania)
North Carolina Children's Book Award 2000
(North Carolina Assn. of School Librarians and Children's Services Section of the N. C. Library Assn.)