Donna Norvell Oklahoma Book Award

Given by Oklahoma Library Association (OLA)

40 Works 29,340 Books 1,869 Reviews 4.3

The Donna Norvell Oklahoma Book Award recognizes a book that has made a significant contribution to the field of literature for children through second grade.

Until 2020, this award was a

show more 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 1992-2004, who passed away in 2004. The award honors Donna’s contributions to the development of the library profession in Oklahoma. show less

Stages:
All, Winner (18), Nominee (40)
Years:
All, 2024 (5), 2023 (5), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2025 (5)
Announced:
2024-03-31: Winner2024 Upcoming

Winner 18

Nominee 40

WorkYear
The City Tree by Shira Boss2025
Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton2025
How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman2025
Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story by Jody Shaffer Jensen2025
Stickler Loves the World by Lane Smith2025
How to Draw a Happy Cat by Ethan T. Berlin2024
Lou by Breanna Carzoo2024
Feathers Together (Feeling Friends) by Caron Levis2024
Perfectly Pegasus by Jessie Sima2024
The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back by Jonathan Stutzman2024
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate by Melissa Stewart2023
The New Kid Has Fleas by Ame Dyckman2023
Little Red and the Cat Who Loved Cake by Barbara Lehman2023
The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures by Curtis Manley2023
Stella's Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises2023
The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright2022
If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall2022
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles2022
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built by Angela Burke Kunkel2022
Over and Under the Rainforest by Kate Messner2022
Memoirs of a Tortoise by Devin Scillian2021
An Ordinary Day by Elana K. Arnold2021
Such a Good Boy: (dog books for kids, pets for children) by Marianna Coppo2021
Lights on Wonder Rock by David Litchfield2021
Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow2021
Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich2020
Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings2019
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt2018
Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall2017
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat2016
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt2015
Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett2014
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes by Eric Litwin2013
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein2012
Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer2011
Maybe A Bear Ate It! by Robie Harris2010
Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy Coffelt2009
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis2008
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert2007
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra2006

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