Scott carter, crimes of redemption by linda mcdonald, two tables over by nathan bro. Chews your destiny by rhode montijo, goodbye, rebel blue by shelley coriell, the 5th wave by rick yancey. George henderson, and the ralph ellison award to the late author and journalist ralph marsh of heavener. The following books have been selected as finalists in the thirtyfirst annual oklahoma book award competition. With this award, oklahoma honors the native american leader sequoyah, for his unique achievement in creating the cherokee syllabary. Books must have been published between january 1 and december 31, of the preceding year. Alphabet image the 2017 oklahoma book award winners alphabet. Announcing the 2017 reading the west book awards winners. Sequoyah chose eightyfive symbols to represent all spoken sounds of the cherokee language. Past western heritage award winners national cowboy.
Signed books by oklahoma book award winners available. Enter the username or email you used in your profile. Christopher nick, illustrator of the 2017 childrens book awardwinning title, led discussions and activities emphasizing the book dust storm. Nick illustrated dust storm, the 2017 oklahoma book awardwinning childrens title. A password reset link will be sent to you by email. We had a great time at an evening with oklahoma book award winners. In addition to the literary awards, the oklahoma center for the book will present the 2017 arrell gibson lifetime achievement award to norman professor, author and scholar dr. Of the 36 book finalists, of which two are nominated in more than one category, 30 are by authors, poets, book designers and illustrators who reside in oklahoma. Best oklahoma attraction winners 2017 usa today 10best.
He has also illustrated other childrens books, including dday. Sponsored by the friends of the oklahoma center for the book, the awards recognize books written in 2017 by oklahomans or about oklahoma. Reading roundup author tour oklahoma dept of libraries. Click to see the winners for best oklahoma attraction, chosen by the readers of 10best and usa today. Sequoyah book awards logo with this award, oklahoma honors the native american leader sequoyah, for his unique achievement in creating the cherokee. She loves living on the farm and taking care of the farm animals. A deftly plotted crime novel set against the backdrop of jfks assassination in 1960s america took top honors for fiction and a wartsandall biography of colorful and controversial oklahoma gov. Believe it or not, this oklahoma library association reading competition is in its 59th year. In addition to the literary awards, the oklahoma center for the book will present the 2017 arrell gibson lifetime achievement award to norman. The awards recognize books written the previous year by oklahomans or about oklahoma. Books considered for this award must have an oklahomabased theme, or entrants authors, illustrators, or designers must live or have lived in oklahoma. Ada lois sipuel fisher and her fight to end segregation by cheryl elizabeth brown wattley. The 30th annual book awards banquet was held at the skirvin hilton hotel in downtown oklahoma city. The sequoyah book award is a set of three annual awards for books selected by vote of oklahoma.