Jefferson Legacy Foundation:
Elected to the Board of Directors, 2003
http://www.jeffersonlegacy.org

International Center for Jefferson Studies:
Short-Term Fellowship, Spring 2003

Hunter College Hall of Fame, May 2001
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/advancement/alumni/halloffame2K.html

International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England:
International Authors and Writers Who's Who

Gale Research, Something About the Author
Something About the Author, Autobiography Series

H. W. Wilson Co. Ninth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators

 

    Countdown to Independence: A Revolution of Ideas in England and Her American Colonies: 1760-1776

Best Book in the Field of Social Studies

Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education List:
Best Books of the Year, 2002 Edition.

 Abigail Adams: Witness To A Revolution

Boston Globe/Horn Book Award: Best Non-Fiction

Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators:
Golden Kite Award for Non-Fiction

New York Public Library: 1996 Books for the Teenage

Boston Globe: Best Books of 1995

American Library Association: Best Books for Young Adults

School Library Journal: Best Books of 1995

Booklist: 1995 Editor's Choices

Hungry Mind Review 1996 Children's Books of Distinction:
Best Nonfiction

Washington Irving Children's Choice Book Award, 1998

          Thomas Jefferson: Man on a Mountain

Best Books in the Field of Social Studies

New York Public Library: 1989 Books for the Teenage

          A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost

Best Books in the Field of Social Studies

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award (Vermont)

New York Public Library: 1982 Children's Books and Books for the Teenage

          Breaking Tradition: The Story of Louise Nevelson

Best books in the Field of Social Studies

New York Public Library: 1984 Children's Books and Books for the Teenage

 

          William Wordsworth: The Wandering Poet

Child Study Association: Best Books of the Year.