Award-Winning Books
AWARDS BY BOOK TITLE
My Grandma and Me (Tyndale Kids, 2012)
- First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2013
My Mama and Me (with Teri McKinley) (Tyndale Kids, 2013)
- Logos Bookstore 2014 Children’s Book of the Year.
Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Meaningful Moment with God (with Teri McKinley) (Our Daily Bread Publishers, 2014)
- ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books, 2015
- Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Nonfiction, 2015
- Second Place AWSA Golden Scroll Award 2015
M is for Manger (with Teri McKinley) (Tyndale Kids, 2016)
- First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2017
Our Daily Bread for Preschoolers (with Teri McKinley) (Our Daily Bread Publishers. 2016)
- Children’s Book of the Year 2017, AWSA Golden Scroll Awards
Does God Take Naps? (with Teri McKinley) (Tyndale Kids, 2017)
- First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2018
Little Duckling’s Easter Prayers (Zonderkidz, 2020)
- First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2020
I Love You to the Stars (with Douglas Groothuis) (Kregel, 2020)
- ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books 2021
- First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2021
- Children’s Fiction Book of the Year 2021, AWSA Golden Scroll Awards
My Arms Will Hold You Tight (with Teri McKinley) (Tyndale Kids, 2021)
- ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books 2022
- First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2021
- Second Place Children’s Fiction Book, AWSA Golden Scroll Awards
Who God Wants Me to Be –(with Michelle Lazurek) (Waterbrook, 2022)
- Second Place Children’s Picture book 4-8 Firebird, 2022
- Second Place Illumination Award Enduring Light Medal Best Children's Book 2023
- Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2023
- First Place Director’s Choice Award, 2023
- First Place RoyalDragonfly Awards, 2023
- Christian Market Children’s Book of the Year, 2023
- Third Place AWSA Golden Scroll Award Picture Book, 2023
- American Book Fest—Best Religious Children’s Book 2024
Good Morning, God Loves You (with Teri McKinley) (Tyndale Kids, 2023)
- Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2024
- Third Place, Children’s Book, Christian Market Book Award, 2024
Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation (with Teri McKinley) (Our Daily Bread for Kids, 2023)
- ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books 2023
- Christian Market Children’s Book of the Year 2024
- First Place Selah Award in Children’s Literature, 2024
- Honorable Mention AWSA Golden Scroll Award, 2024
The Compassion Storybook Bible (with Sue Schlesman) (End Game Press)
- Second Place Selah Award, 2025
- First Place AWSA Golden Scroll Award, 2025
R is for Risen
- Second Place Golden Scroll Award 2025
- Honorable Mention Christian Market Book Award 2025
- Selah Award Finalist 2026
AWARDS BY NAME
American Book Fest Awards
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Best Religious Children’s Book, 2024
AWSA Golden Scroll Awards
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Meaningful Moments with God — Second Place AWSA Golden Scroll Award, 2015
- Our Daily Bread for Preschoolers — Children’s Book of the Year, 2017
- I Love You to the Stars — Children’s Fiction Book of the Year, 2021
- My Arms Will Hold You Tight — Second Place Children’s Fiction Book, 2022
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Third Place Picture Book, 2023
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation — Honorable Mention, 2024
- The Compassion Storybook Bible — First Place, 2025
- R is for Risen — Second Place, 2025
Christian Market Book Awards
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Christian Market Children’s Book of the Year, 2023
- Good Morning, God Loves You — Third Place Children’s Book, 2024
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation — Christian Market Children’s Book of the Year, 2024
- R is for Risen — Honorable Mention, 2025
Director’s Choice Awards
- Who God Wants Me to Be — First Place Director’s Choice Award, 2023
ECPA Awards
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Meaningful Moments with God — ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books, 2015
- I Love You to the Stars — ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books, 2021
- My Arms Will Hold You Tight — ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books, 2022
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation — ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books, 2023
Firebird Book Awards
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Second Place Children’s Picture Book 4–8, 2022
Illumination Book Awards
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Second Place Enduring Light Medal, Best Children’s Book, 2023
Logos Bookstore Awards
- My Mama and Me — Logos Bookstore Children’s Book of the Year, 2014
Royal Dragonfly Awards
- Who God Wants Me to Be — First Place Royal Dragonfly Award, 2023
Selah Awards
- My Grandma and Me — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2013
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Meaningful Moments with God — Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Nonfiction, 2015
- M is for Manger — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2017
- Does God Take Naps? — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2018
- Little Duckling’s Easter Prayers — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2020
- I Love You to the Stars — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2021
- My Arms Will Hold You Tight — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2021
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2023
- Good Morning, God Loves You — Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book, 2024
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Literature,2024
- The Compassion Storybook Bible — Second Place Selah Award, 2025
- R is for Risen — Selah Award Finalist, 2026
AWARDS BY YEAR
2026
- R is for Risen — Selah Award Finalist, winner to be announced
2025
- The Compassion Storybook Bible — Second Place Selah Award
- The Compassion Storybook Bible — First Place AWSA Golden Scroll Award
- R is for Risen — Second Place Golden Scroll Award
- R is for Risen — Honorable Mention Christian Market Book Award
2024
- Who God Wants Me to Be — American Book Fest Best Religious Children’s Book
- Good Morning, God Loves You — Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book
- Good Morning, God Loves You — Third Place Christian Market Book Award, Children’s Book
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation — Christian Market Children’s Book of the Year
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Literature
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation — Honorable Mention AWSA Golden Scroll Award
2023
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Second Place Illumination Award Enduring Light Medal, Best Children’s Book
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book
- Who God Wants Me to Be — First Place Director’s Choice Award
- Who God Wants Me to Be — First Place Royal Dragonfly Award
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Christian Market Children’s Book of the Year
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Third Place AWSA Golden Scroll Award, Picture Book
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Devotions from Genesis to Revelation — ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books
2022
- My Arms Will Hold You Tight — ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books
- My Arms Will Hold You Tight — Second Place Children’s Fiction Book, AWSA Golden Scroll Awards
- Who God Wants Me to Be — Second Place Children’s Picture Book 4–8, Firebird Book Awards
2021
- I Love You to the Stars — ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books
- I Love You to the Stars — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book
- I Love You to the Stars — AWSA Golden Scroll Children’s Fiction Book of the Year
- My Arms Will Hold You Tight — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book
2020
- Little Duckling’s Easter Prayers — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book
2018
- Does God Take Naps? — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book
2017
- M is for Manger — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book
- Our Daily Bread for Preschoolers — AWSA Golden Scroll Children’s Book of the Year
2015
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Meaningful Moments with God — ECPA Finalist in Children’s Books
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Meaningful Moments with God — Second Place Selah Award in Children’s Nonfiction
- Our Daily Bread for Kids—365 Meaningful Moments with God — Second Place AWSA Golden Scroll Award
2014
- My Mama and Me — Logos Bookstore Children’s Book of the Year
2013
- My Grandma and Me — First Place Selah Award in Children’s Picture Book