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MARY CHRISTMAS - MOW - PAX
MY INDIAN SUMMER - CBS Schoolbreak Special, Big Daddy Productions
FAST FORWARD - ABC Afterschool Special (Writer, Supervising Prod.), Wild Films
BIG BOYS DON'T CRY - CBS Schoolbreak Special, Churchill Pictures
BUT HE LOVES ME - CBS Schoolbreak Special, Churchill Pictures :Sample Script
THE PUZZLE PLACE - PBS (4 episodes)
ZOOBILEE ZOO (6 episodes) - DIC/Syndication/PBS
TOO SMART FOR STRANGERS - Disney Channel/Disney Home Video
WELCOME TO POOH CORNER (90 episodes) Story Editor and Writer - Disney Channel
DUMBO'S CIRCUS (40 episodes) - Disney Channel
DIVORCE COURT - Staff Writer
SECRET LIVES - Barry Enright Productions/Syndication

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KATIE AND ROOKIE - Porchlight/Discovery Kids - Story Editor

INSPECTOR BADGER - Series Creator, Bible, Pilot - Disney Channel
PANSHEL'S WORLD - Series Bible and Pilot - Mike Young Productions
MADELINE (13 episodes) - Disney Channel/DIC :Sample Script
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - Fox Family Channel
CLIFFORD - Series Development - Fox Family Channel/Scholastic
MAMA, DO YOU LOVE ME? - Sony Wonder (video)
WINNIE THE POOH AND YOU - Pilot, Development - Curious Pictures/Disney Channel
BOOK OF VIRTUES (2 episodes) - Series Development and Pilot- Porchlight/PBS
THE GOOD SAMARITAN (Beginner's Bible) - Sony Wonder (home video)
LITTLE MOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE - Saban/Syn. -Story Editor /Writer (26 episodes)
WHERE'S WALDO (4 episodes for home video) - Where's Waldo Productions/Goodtimes
CAMP CANDY - Story Editor/Writer- DIC/Saban/NBC/WorldVision (26 episodes)
DOUG - Jumbo Pictures/Nickelodeon/Disney (2 episodes) :Sample Script
PRINCE VALIANT - Hearst/Family Channel
BOBBY'S WORLD - Film Roman/Fox (4 episodes) :Sample Script
MAXIE'S WORLD - DIC/Syndication (3 episodes)
ONCE UPON A FOREST - Hanna-Barbera -Series Development
FRAGGLE ROCK - Marvel/Henson/NBC (3 episodes)
THE MOONDREAMERS - Marvel/Syndication (4 episodes)

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ETHAN'S PARABLES - Three books/CDs - En Caliente
THE CRAYON FACTORY - CD-ROM- Philips/Sega
THE BERENSTAIN BEARS ON THEIR OWN - Philips
STORYPAINTING: THE WIZARD OF OZ - Electronic Arts
RICHARD SCARRY'S BUSIEST DISC EVER - Philips
RICHARD SCARRY'S BUSIEST NEIGHBORHOOD EVER - Philips
THE DARK FABLES OF AESOP (I & II) - Philips
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Christopher Award: Friendship According to Humphrey

Children's Crown Award (World)

Children's Crown Award (Friendship)

Children's Crown Honor Book (Surprises)

Rhode Island Children's Book Award (World)

Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Award (World)

Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award (World)

Iowa Children's Choice Award (World)

Washington State Sasquatch Award (World)

Oklahoma Sequoyah Award (World)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (World)

A Richard and Judy Book (World - UK)

Richard and Judy Summer Book Club (Pet Show Panic - UK)

Tesco's Book Club (School - UK)

Shortlisted; Independent Booksellers Week Award (School - UK 2011)

Finalist; SCIBA Award (SoCal Independent Bookstores Award - US 2011)

World Book Day Book (UK: 2008, 2011)

Judy Lopez Memorial Award Honor Book, Women's National Book Association (Sassafras)

A Kids' BookPlanet Main Selection (Sassafras)

Featured in in the July, 2007 issue of Book Links magazine, published by the American Library Association (Sassafras)

BORDERS bookstores ORIGINAL VOICES selection and named one of their best books of the year (Sassafras)

Featured as recommended reading in BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, March, 2006 (Sassafras)

Massachusetts Children's Book Award Honor Book (World)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award 2nd Place (World)

Bank Street College of Education - a Best Children's Book of the Year (World)

New York Library Association Book of the Season (Friendship)

Bank St. Children's Book Committee Best Book of the Year (Friendship)

Book Sense Spring Children's Book (Surprises)

Affton School District Hall of Fame 2006

Emmy Award
"Madeline" (Best Animated Show) 2002

Humanitas Finalist
"Madeline and the Giants" 2001

Emmy Nomination
"Madeline" (Best Animated Show) 2001

Humanitas Prize
"Fast Forward" 1996

Humanitas Finalist
"Madeline and the Treasure Hunt" 1996

Emmy nomination
"Big Boys Don't Cry" 1994

Humanitas Prize
"Big Boys Don't Cry" 1993

Humanitas Prize
Camp Candy, "Wish Upon a Fish," 1991

Writers' Guild of America Award
Best Children's Script, "But He Loves Me" 1991

Gold Apple
National Educational Media Network 1996

Cybermania '94
Best Children's Program, "Berenstain Bears on their Own"

Pappenheim Award
Jewish Family Services, "But He Loves Me"
Awards

ACE Nominations
"Welcome to Pooh Corner,"
"Too Smart for Strangers"

Cine Golden Eagles
"It Happened to Me,"
"But He Loves Me,"
"Big Boys Don't Cry"

Golden Cindy Awards
"Berenstain Bears on their Own;"
"Richard Scarry's Busiest Disc Ever"

Silver Plaque Award
Chicago International Film Festival

ANDY Award, New York Ad Club;
FLAIR Award, St. Louis Ad Club
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