Letters From Vinnie has received several awards:

• 1999 - Endorsed by Dr. David Madden, then-Director of the Civil War Center, Louisiana State University
• 2000 - Oklahoma Book Award Finalist
• 2000 - Books For The Teen Age – New York Public Library
• 2000 - Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People by both the National Council for The Social Studies and the Children's Book Council
• 2000 - 2001 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee
• 2001 - Best Children's Books of the Year Award Bank Street College of Education
• 2003 - First Place Winner for Juvenile Fiction National League of American Pen Women

 

• 2009 - Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation George Washington Medal of Honor was awarded to the anthology of writings, art and music collected in a hard-bound book titled Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln: A Commemorative Collage.                                                                                           An excerpt from Letters from Vinnie is the opening selection in the collection.