The Missourian Award 2006

• 1978, Outstanding Contributions to Children's Literature, Central State University;
  
• 1981, Distinguished Alumni Award, Drury College;
  
• 1983, Poet Laureate, Drury University;
  
• 1994, Celebrate Literacy Award, Springfield, Missouri Council of the International Reading Association (IRA);
  
• 1994, Celebrate Literacy Award, Missouri State Reading Association;


• 1994, Friend of Education Award, Missouri State Teachers Association;


• 1995, Inducted into Writers Hall of Fame;


• 2001, International Reading Association Community Service Award for "Sky High on Reading" literacy project;


• 2001, Missouri Governor's Humanities Award;


• 2002, Celebrate Literacy Award, Springfield, Missouri Council of the International Reading Council;


• 2002, Friend of Education Award, Missouri State Teachers Association;


• 2003, David Harrison Conference Room named in Springfield, Missouri?s Library Center;


• 2004, Inducted into Drury University?s Ernest R. Breech Hall of Fame;


• 2004, named Friend of School Libraries by Missouri Association of School Libraries;


• 2004, The poem, ?My Book? sandblasted into the sidewalk of the Children?s Garden at the Burton Barr Public Library in Phoenix, Arizona;


• 2005, Honorary Doctorate in Letters from Missouri State University;


• 2006, Missourian Award; Missouri Library Association?s Literacy Award for Body of Work;


• 2008, Poet Laureate, Drury University;


• 2008, Honorary Doctorate in Letters from Drury University;


• 2009, David Harrison Elementary School named and opened in Springfield, Missouri.

Poet Laureate for Drury University

HONORS AND AWARDS
For Books

• A Thousand Cousins:
  • IRA/CBC Children?s Choice, 1997;
  • Kansas State Reading Circle list, 1997-98;
  • Missouri State Reading Council Seal of Approval, 1998;
• bugs, poems about creeping things:
  • "Seeing Stories" exhibition at the Westchester Art Center, 2007;
  • New York Public Library?s annual list ?Children?s Books, 2007 for Reading and Sharing? ? 100 Titles, 2007;
  • NCTE Notable Poetry Books, 2008;
• Cave Detectives, Unraveling the Mystery of an Ice Age Cave:
  • Junior Library Guild Selection, 2007;
• Caves, Mysteries Beneath Our Feet:
  • Society of School Librarians International Honor Book, 2002;
  • Michigan Reading Association Readers? Choice List, K-1, 2003;
  • Arizona Young Readers? Award nominee, 2006;
• Glaciers, Nature?s Icy Caps:
  • Bank Street College Best Books of the Year list, 2007;
  • The Hawaii State Public Library annual annotated bibliography of science trade books, 2007;
  • Missouri State Teachers Association, New Books for Missouri Students, 2008;
• Mountains, The Tops of the World:
  • Missouri State Teachers Association, New Books for Missouri Students, 2006;
• Piggy Wiglet:
  • Bank Street College Best Books of the Year list, 2008;
• Pirates:
  • Kansas State Reading Circle List, 2009;
  • NCTE Notable Poetry Books, 2008;
  • nominated for Cybils Award, the Children's and Young Adults Bloggers Literary Awards;
  • VOYA?s Nonfiction Honor List, 2009;
  • Texas Blue Bonnet Award 2010-2011 Master List
• Somebody Catch My Homework:
  • IRA/CBC Children?s Choice, 1994;
  • Kentucky Blue Grass Award nominee, 1994;
  • Missouri State Reading Council Seal of Approval, 1998;
• Sounds of Rain:
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch Best Books for Young Readers, 2006;
  • The Hawaii State Public Library annual annotated bibliography of science trade books, 2007;
  • Kansas State Reading Circle list, 2007;
• The Book of Giant Stories:
  • Christopher Medal, 1972;
• When Cows Come Home:
  • Bank Street College Best Books of the Year list, 1995;
  • IRA/CBC Children?s Choice, 1996;
  • Kansas Stare Reading Circle list, 1995-96;
  • M SaveCancelCloseEdit FileWhen finished, click Save or Cancaster List of Virginia Young Readers Program, Virginia State Reading Association, 1996-97;
  • Young Readers? Master List Program, Missouri State Reading Council Seal of Approval, 1998;
• Wild Country:
  Best Books for Young Adults nominee, 1999.