Sequoyah Book Award
The Sequoyah Book Award is a set of three annual awards for books selected by vote of Oklahoma schoolchildren. The Sequoyah Children's Book Award, now voted by children in grades 3 to 5, was inaugurated in 1959.[1] (Thus 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, as the Young Adult award until the Sequoyah High School Book Award (grades 9–12) was added to the program for 2010.[1] The Sequoyah Committee also selects the "Donna Norvell Award" for easy reader books, Pre-K-2nd grades. However, this award is chosen by the committee members and not by the students themselves. All four awards are sponsored by the Oklahoma Library Association.[1][2]
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 2014 Sequoyah Award winners were announced before May.[3]
Children's winners
| 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 |
Young Adult and Intermediate winners
High School winners
| 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 |
Donna Norvell Award winners
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 |
The official award webpage identifies only the title and writer.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Sequoyah Book Awards" (homepage). Oklahoma Library Association (OLA). Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- 1 2 3 "The Donna Norvell Oklahoma Book Award". OLA. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ↑ "Winners of the 2014 Sequoyah Book Awards". OLA. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
External links
- "Children's Sequoyah Winners". OLA.
- "YA Sequoyah Winners (1988–2009)". OLA.
- "Intermediate Sequoyah Winners (2010–)". OLA.
- "High School Sequoyah Winners (2010–)". OLA.
- Official website