sentences:  2010 CHILDREN OF THE DAWNLAND selected by the Kansas National Education Association for the Kansas State Reading Circle for Middle/Junior High School students.2011 PEOPLE OF THE MASKS, Massachusetts Public Library’s Readers Connection – They Came Before Us Selection.2012 Founders' Award (with W. Michael Gear) from the Western Bison Association
  
  2012 Special Award from the Western Bison Association for "dedicated service to the bison industry."