Books & Reading
Award-Winning Books
Local Awards | National Awards
Books to Treasure
“Books to Treasure” is an annual celebration of National Children’s
Book Week the third week in November. The event encourages families to
read aloud, and promotes the beauty of children’s book illustration. An
illustrator is invited to Tulsa to visit second graders at local schools and
talk and sign books at the Tulsa City-County Library. Second graders receive
a paperback book illustrated by the guest illustrator, and a library card featuring
an illustration by the illustrator. The program is sponsored by the
Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation and promoted by the Tulsa World and Tulsa
City-County Library.
Guest Illustrators include:
- Floyd Cooper 2007
- Lisa Campbell Ernst 2006
- Janet Stevens 2005
- Arthur Howard 2004
- Marla Frazee 2003
Donna Norvell Oklahoma Book Award
The Donna Norvell Book Award honors a book that has made a significant contribution
to the field of literature for children grades 3 and under. These works are
defined as those written and illustrated to present, organize and interpret
material for children.
Sequoyah Children's Book Award 2008 Master
List
The books on the Sequoyah Masterlists are selected by the Sequoyah Reading Teams.
Criteria for selection include: published three years prior to the award date,
author lives in the United States, originality, literary quality, interest,
appeal, and developmentally appropriate for the designated age level.
Sequoyah Children's Book Award Winners
The Sequoyah Book Awards program encourages the students of Oklahoma to read
books of literary quality. Students in grades 3-6 who have read or listened
to at least three titles from the Children's Masterlist are eligible to vote
for the Children's Sequoyah Book Award.
Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature
The Award for Young Readers' Literature was inaugurated in 1991 and is
given annually by the Tulsa Library Trust. In 1992, it was permanently named
in honor of Anne V. Zarrow. Its purpose is to give formal recognition,
on behalf of the Tulsa County community, to nationally acclaimed authors who
have made a significant contribution to the field of literature for children
and young adults.
Caldecott
Medal Winners
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is
awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library
Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American
Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African
descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding
and appreciation of the "American Dream."
The Mildred L. Batchelder Award
This award is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most
outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently
translated into English and published in the United States. ALSC gives the award to encourage American
publishers to seek out superior children's books abroad and to promote communication among the peoples of the
world.
Newbery
Medal Winners
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the
Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the
most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Notable Books for Children
Each year ALSC identifies the best of the best in children's books, recordings, videos, and computer
software.
The Pura Belpre Award
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work
best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature
for children and youth.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
In 1982, Scott O'Dell established The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical
Fiction. The annual award of $5,000 goes to a meritorious book published
in the previous year for children or young adults. Scott O'Dell established
this award to encourage other writers--particularly new authors--to focus
on historical fiction.
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