Awards & Programs - Oregon Spirit Book Award

2010 Winners at the Fall 2011 OCTE Conference

About OSBA

Winners 2010

	Children's: Joha Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale by Eric A. Kimmel Publisher:  Marshall Cavendish
	Middle Reader: Calvin Coconut: Dog Heaven by Graham Salisbury Publisher:  Yearling (Random House)
	Young Adult: Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly Publisher:  Henry Holt and Co.
	Special Category - Nonfiction: The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According To Susy)  by Barbara Kerley Publisher:  Scholastic Press

 

Honor Books 2010:

	Children's: Aggie the Brave by Lori Ries Publisher:  Charlesbridge
	Middle Reader: After All, You’re Callie Boone by Winnie Mack            Publisher:  Feiwel and Friends
	Middle Reader: Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch Publisher:  Amulet Books
	Young Adult: The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys by Scott William Carter Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
	Young Adult: The Candidates (Delcroix Academy, Book 1)  by Inara Scott Publisher:  Hyperion Book

About the Oregon Spirit Book Award

The Oregon Spirit Book Award is awarded yearly to the author of a distinguished contribution to children’s literature or young adult literature that engages and encourages readers’ imagination, discovery, and understanding, reflecting the spirit and values held by Oregonians.  Priority to texts that present:

• Respectful portrayals of diverse populations
• Tolerance of various individual and cultural perspectives
• Peaceful, innovative, and equitable solutions of conflicts
• Respect for ecosystems and environmental sustainability

Eligibility:

• Books published in the U.S. in a calendar year, January to December are eligible for the award the following year. (Self-published books will not be considered.)
• Oregon author.

• All formats of books are eligible: picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, and electronic books.

• Both fiction and nonfiction in any genre.

• English is one of the languages.
  
• There may be up to three awards each year, maximum of one winner from each of three categories as follows:

Children’s (PK-grade 3) 
Middle Reader (grades 4-7) 
Young Adult (grades 8-12)
In addition, up to two honor books may be named in each category. 

If submissions warrant, special category winners may be designated in other genres such as nonfiction or graphic novels.

Note that there may be some overlap in age/grade categories.

 

Nominations:
People are invited to nominate books by sending titles and books by May 1 to:
OCTE
Oregon Spirit Book Award
c/o Karen Johnson, OSBA chair
19930 SW 59th Terrace
Tualatin, OR 97062
We currently have six members on the review committee.

Previous winners

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

 

2009 Winners -

Children's: Erika-san
by Allen Say (Author and Illustrator)
Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Child

Juvenile: Heart of a Shepherd
by Rosanne Parry
Published by Yearling

Young Adult: Academy 7
by Anne Osterlund
Published by Speak

2009 Honor Books -

Children's: Even Higher!: A Roshanah Story by Eric Kimmel
(Published by Holiday House)

Juvenile: Archipelago by David Ward
(Published by Red Deer Press)

Young Adult: - This Full House by Virginia Euwer Wolff
(Published by HarperTeen)

Young Adult: - Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
(Published by Arthur A. Levine Books)

2008 Winners -

Children's: The Rain Stomper
by Addie Boswell (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
Published by Marshall Cavendish Children's Books

Juvenile: Listening for Crickets
by David Gifaldi
Published by Henry Holt and Company

Young Adult: A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era
by David Greenberg
Published by Dutton Juvenile

2008 Honor Books -

Children's: Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus
Young Adult: - The Good Girl by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann

2007 Winners -

Children's: The Great Texas Hamster Drive by Eric Kimmel
and
Young Adult: Elephant Run by Roland Smith

2006 Winner - Alphabet of Dreams by Susan Fletcher

2005 Winner - Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen by Michelle R. McCann

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