With this award, Oklahoma honors the Native American leader Sequoyah, for his unique achievement in creating the Cherokee syllabary. Sequoyah chose eighty-five symbols to represent all spoken sounds of the Cherokee language. In so doing, he created a way to preserve his people's language and culture (OLA, 2019).

Eligibility For Voting:

Students in grades 3-5 or 6-8 who have read or listened to three or more books from the appropraite masterlist are eligible to vote for a favorite (OLA, 2019).

For more information, please visit the Sequoyah Book Awards Website

Students in grades 3 through 5 must read or listen to 3 or more titles to vote. Not all titles will be available at the Redstone Library, but can be found at Mabel C. Fry Public Library.

• Elf Dog & Owl Head by M.T. Anderson

• Dogtown by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko

• The Bees of Notre Dame by Meghan P. Browne

• My Not-So-Great French Escape by Cliff Burke

• The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing by Molly B. Burnham

• Squire & Knight by Scott Chantler

• Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key by Tracy Occomy Crowder

• The International House of Dereliction by Jacqueline Davies

• The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos

• The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman

• The Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson

• You Are Here edited by Ellen Oh

• Looking Up by Stephan Pastis

• The Story of Gumluck the Wizard by Adam Rex

• Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters by Wendelin Van Draanen

Students in grades 6 through 8 must read or listen to 3 or more titles to vote. Not all titles will be available at the Redstone Library, but can be found at Mabel C. Fry Public Library.

• Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango

• Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

• It Happened on Saturday by Sydney Dunlap

• The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett

• Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt

• The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

• The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla

• A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

• The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt

• Impossible Escape: a True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe by Steve Sheinkin

• What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

• Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang

• The Talent Thief by Mike Thayer

• Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas

• The In-Between: a Memoir in Verse by Katie Van Heidrich

Redstone Reading Challenge

The library is hosting the "Go for the Gold" Reading Challenge!  The students' goal is to read all of the books from the different Olympic events. Students will track their reading on Beanstack (found on students' Clever page).  Students who accept this reading challenge will be rewarded with prizes at predetermined intervals throughout the challenge, with a grand prize for those who finish! Prizes include:  free food coupons, free school supplies, certificates, shout outs, parties, zoo passes, science museum passes, picture in the yearbook and other awesome prizes!  

To get started, visit the library to pick up a reading challenge sheet!

Happy reading!

Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books meets Monday during their lunchtime.

Battle of the Books Reading List: