Publishers Weekly named Kipper as one of the Best Children's Books in 2001.

Other works include; The First Hard Times, 1983, Return to Bitter Creek, 1986, and The Pennywhistle Tree, 1991, all of which were named ALA Notable Children's Books by the American Library Association.

In December 1978, the Observer named Success one of it its "Books of the Year."

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."

Amos McGee was edited by Neal Porter at Roaring Brooks Press and named one of the "10 Best Illustrated Children's Books" for 2010 by The New York Times.