1996 Charlie May Simon Book Award Master List (Arkansas)
1996 Translated into Japanese
1996 Selected Reading List of the Japan School Library Association
(Japanese translation)
1996 Selected Reading List of the Japan Association for the Study of Children's Books (Japanese translation)
1997 Nene Award (Hawaii) Suggested Reading List
1998-1999 Land of Enchantment Reading List (New Mexico)
2000 Global Reading Challenge Program (Seattle and Kalamazoo)