The Sequoyah Book Award is a set of three annual awards for books selected by vote of Oklahoma students in elementary, middle, and high schools. The award program is named after Sequoyah (c. 1770–1843), the Cherokee man who developed the Cherokee syllabary—a writing system adopted by Cherokee Nation in 1825. The awards are sponsored by the Oklahoma Library Association[1][2] and administered by a committee of OLA members. Every year, three teams representing each award read and select books to be included on the master lists, which are then provided to Oklahoma schools for students to read and vote on. The winners are announced early spring of each year, and the winning authors are invited to the Association's annual conference to receive their awards and meet with students. The Sequoyah Children's Book Award, now voted by children in grades 3 to 5, was inaugurated in 1959.[1] It is the third oldest U.S. state children's choice award[1] after the original Kansas award and Vermont award. The Sequoyah Intermediate Book Award is voted by grades 6 to 8. It dates from 1988 where it was originally named the Young Adult award. Finally in 2010, the Sequoyah High School Book Award (grades 9–12) was added to the program.[1] The Sequoyah Committee also selects the Donna Norvell Award; The Donna Norvell Book Award was established in 2005 by the Oklahoma Library Association and is given annually, with the first award given in 2006. The Donna Norvell Book Award honors a book that has made a significant contribution to the field of literature for children through second grade.
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| Formation | 1959 |
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| Website | Sequoyah Book Awards |
Until 2020, this award was a librarian's choice award and selected by librarians who were members of the Oklahoma Library Association's Sequoyah Book Award Committee. It is now a children's choice award for students in grades 2 and under, with the Children's Sequoyah Committee selecting the award nominees.
The award is named for Donna Norvell, Children's Consultant for the Oklahoma Department of Libraries from 1992 to 2004, who died in 2004. The award honors Donna's contributions to the development of the library profession in Oklahoma.
Children's winners edit
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Old Yeller | Fred Gipson |
| 1960 | Black Gold | Marguerite Henry |
| 1961 | Have Space Suit—Will Travel | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1962 | The Helen Keller Story | Catherine O. Peare |
| 1963 | Mystery of the Haunted Pool | Phyllis Whitney |
| 1964 | Where the Panther Screams | William Powell Robinson |
| 1965 | A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle |
| 1966 | Rascal | Sterling North |
| 1967 | Harriet the Spy | Louise Fitzhugh |
| 1968 | Gentle Ben | Walt Morey |
| 1969 | Blackbeard's Ghost | Ben Stahl |
| 1970 | Mustang | Marguerite Henry |
| 1971 | Ramona the Pest | Beverly Cleary |
| 1972 | Man in the Box | Mary Lois Dunn |
| 1973 | The Trumpet of the Swan | E. B. White |
| 1974 | Flight of the White Wolf | Mel Ellis |
| 1975 | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Judy Blume |
| 1976 | How to Eat Fried Worms | Thomas Rockwell |
| 1977 | The Toothpaste Millionaire | Jean Merrill |
| 1978 | Shoeshine Girl | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| 1979 | Summer of the Monkeys | Wilson Rawls |
| 1980 | Kid Power | Susan B. Pfeffer |
| 1981 | Get-Away Car | Eleanor Clymer |
| 1982 | Bunnicula | James Howe |
| 1983 | A Dog Called Kitty | Bill Wallace |
| 1984 | The Cybil War | Betsy Byars |
| 1985 | Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub | Jamie Gilson |
| 1986 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | Beverly Cleary |
| Just Tell Me When We're Dead | Eth Clifford | |
| 1987 | Night of the Twisters | Ivy Ruckman |
| 1988 | Christina's Ghost | Betty Ren Wright |
| 1989 | The Sixth Grade Sleepover | Eve Bunting |
| 1990 | Fudge | Charlotte Graeber |
| 1991 | Beauty | Bill Wallace |
| 1992 | The Doll in the Garden | Mary Downing Hahn |
| 1993 | Weasel | Cynthia DeFelice |
| 1994 | Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| 1995 | Horror at the Haunted House | Peg Kehret |
| 1996 | The Ghosts of Mercy Manor | Betty Ren Wright |
| 1997 | Nasty, Stinky Sneakers | Eve Bunting |
| 1998 | Titanic Crossing | Barbara Williams |
| 1999 | 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents | Lee Wardlaw |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Shot | Dan Gutman |
| 2001 | Holes | Louis Sachar |
| 2002 | Dork in Disguise | Carol Gorman |
| 2003 | Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo |
| 2004 | Skeleton Man | Joseph Bruchac |
| 2005 | The Stranger Next Door | Peg Kehret |
| 2006 | The Tale of Despereaux | Kate DiCamillo |
| 2007 | The World According to Humphrey | Betty Birney |
| 2008 | Angus and Sadie | Cynthia Voigt |
| 2009 | Clementine | Sara Pennypacker |
| 2010 | Lawn Boy | Gary Paulsen |
| 2011 | All the Lovely Bad Ones | Mary Downing Hahn |
| 2012 | Dragonbreath | Ursula Vernon |
| 2013 | The Strange Case of Origami Yoda | Tom Angleberger |
| 2014 | Sidekicks | Dan Santat |
| 2015 | The One and Only Ivan | Katherine Applegate |
| 2016 | Chews Your Destiny: The Gumazing Gum Girl! | Rhode Montijo |
| 2017 | The Doll Graveyard | Lois Ruby |
| 2018 | Roller Girl | Victoria Jamieson |
Young Adult and Intermediate winners edit
High School winners edit
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Thirteen Reasons Why | Jay Asher |
| 2011 | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins |
| 2012 | Hate List | Jennifer Brown |
| 2013 | Clockwork Angel | Cassandra Clare |
| 2014 | Divergent | Veronica Roth |
| 2015 | The Fault in Our Stars | John Green |
| 2016 | The 5th Wave | Rick Yancey |
| 2017 | Wolf by Wolf | Ryan Graudin |
| 2018 | The Female of the Species | Mindy McGinnis |
| 2019 | The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas |
| 2020 | Dry | Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman |
| 2021 | The Patron Saints of Nothing | Randy Ribay |
Donna Norvell Award winners edit
The Norvell Award "honors a book making a significant contribution to the field of literature for children through third grade ... written and illustrated to present, organize, and interpret material for children." The writer and illustrator must be US residents, the book published two years before the award year (2012 publications in 2014). Librarians on the Sequoyah Committee select the winner.[2]
| Year | Title | Writer | Illustrator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Wild About Books | Judy Sierra | Marc Brown |
| 2007 | Leaf Man | Lois Ehlert | Ehlert |
| 2008 | Not a Box | Antoinette Portis | Portis |
| 2009 | Fred Stays with Me! | Nancy Coffelt | Tricia Tusa ‡ |
| 2010 | Maybe a Bear Ate It! | Robie Harris | Michael Emberley ‡ |
| 2011 | Chicken Dance | Tammi Sauer | Dan Santat ‡ |
| 2012 | Interrupting Chicken | David Ezra Stein | Stein |
| 2013 | Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes (sequel to Pete the Cat) |
Eric Litwin | James Dean ‡ |
| 2017 | Red, a Crayon's Story | Michael Hall | |
| 2018 | The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors | Drew Daywalt and Adam Rex |
‡ The official award webpage identifies only the title and writer.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Sequoyah Book Awards" Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (homepage). Oklahoma Library Association (OLA). Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ^ a b c "The Donna Norvell Oklahoma Book Award" Archived 2014-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. OLA. Retrieved 2014-05-05.