sentences:  "The Blue Bear" was awarded the French literary prize Prix Littéraire 30 Millions d'Ami.It was also named a Notable Book by the awards panel for the Kiriyama Prize for cross-cultural communication and was selected by the editors at Amazon.com as their #1 Choice in Nature Writing for 2002.In November 2010, "Walking Home" was given the 2010 Banff Mountain Festival John Whyte Award for Mountain Literature.