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National Outdoor Book Awards
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The Prize
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The
National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) is one of the outdoor world's largest and most prestigious book award programs. Click
here for our index and the current award winners.
The
purpose of the Awards is to recognize and encourage outstanding writing and publishing
for books relating to the outdoors, nature, the environment. The
National Outdoor Book Awards
are administered by a non-profit, educational institution. |
Children's Book Category:
Any children’s book dealing with nature or
outdoor activities is acceptable. Age orientation may range from pre-school to
teen years.
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Year |
Title and Author(s) |
| 2005 |
 The Little Green Island With a Little Red House: A Book of Colors and Critters by Mary Ann Hoberman and illustrated by Jane Dyer
"On a little green island, stands a little red house, with a little orange
cat, a little gray mouse..." So begins, Sharon Lovejoy's gem of a children's
book about colors and critters. Written for young children, ages three and
older, Lovejoy uses tender rhyme, playful fonts, and wondrous illustrations
to introduce a bestiary of creatures inhabiting homes, yards, fields and
woods. It's certain to excite and delight all young budding naturalists. |
| Amazon US |
Amazon UK |
Amazon CA |
| 2004 |
 Whose
Garden Is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman and illustrated by Jane Dyer
Who owns that beautiful garden blooming with every color of the rainbow? The
gardener says it belongs to him. But the woodchuck insists it's his. And so
does the rabbit, the butterfly, and the little squash bug. This lovingly
done book does what all good children's books should do: it stimulates
thought, and through words and illustrations, it asks youngsters to reach
their own conclusion to that pressing question: who really owns that garden?
(For ages 3-7.) |
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Amazon CA |
2003
(tie) |
Dot & Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Dot and Jabber are mice — mighty dapper looking mice, we might add — and they
have an interesting vocation. They are detectives. Their job in the Big
Bug Mystery is to find out what happened to all the bugs in the meadow
that have suddenly disappeared. |
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Amazon CA |
Jam and Jelly by Holly and Nellie by Gloria Whelan
This story is about a young girl, Holly, whose
family lives in the country in the upper Midwest. It is a particularly
difficult time for the family and there's little money available to purchase
Holly a coat for the winter. Then Nellie, Holly's mother comes up with an
idea: they'll pick berries and sell jam and jelly. |
| Amazon US |
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Amazon CA |
| 2002 |
Wild Wings: Poems for Young People by Jane Yolen, Jason Stemple (Photographs)
Wild Wings is a beautiful collaborative effort between author Jane Yolen and her son, Jason, the
book's photographer. The images, both visual and verbal, can't help but
engage a child's interest and nurture a desire to learn about birds. For
ages: 10-12. |
| Amazon US |
Amazon UK |
Amazon CA |
2001
(tie) |
What Does the Sky Say? by Nancy White Carlstrom, Illustrated by Tim Ladwig
In What Does the Sky Say?, a child watches the sky through the
changing of the seasons and in all kinds of weather, all the while learning
to listen to the voice of the sky. The message of Nancy White Carlstrom's
imaginative and poetic text is calming and inspiring, and Tim Ladwig's
colorful illustrations capture the magic of childhood and our deep
connection to all creation. For all ages. |
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Amazon CA |
Coyote and Badger: Desert Hunters of the Southwest by Bruce Hiscock
This book, for children from 7 to 10 years old, is a natural history story
about predators and their struggle to survive. The tale unfolds when a
coyote and badger meet and a mysterious bond forms between the two as they
begin hunting together. Set in New Mexico among Anasazi ruins, the story is
perfectly complemented with Bruce Hiscock's warm and luminous watercolors of
a spacious desert. |
| Amazon US |
Amazon UK |
Amazon CA |
2000
(tie) |
Blueberry Shoe by Ann Dixon
This sweet and tender tale is about a
baby's shoe which is lost while a family is picking blueberries. A wondrous
scene unfolds as a sequence of creatures come along and sleep and play with
the shoe. One, a bear, even thinks he might eat the shoe. Filled with
colorful and enchanting illustrations and marvelously written, it's a book
that will delight children and reassure their sense of belonging to the
natural world. (For ages 4-10). |
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Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish by Twig C. George
Beautifully photographed, Jellies is an extraordinary book which manages to
make science appeal to the minds and hearts of children. It's rich in facts
about this fascinating creature of the sea, but even richer in imagination
and the joy of discovery. (For ages 8-10) |
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Amazon UK |
Amazon CA |
| 1999 |
 The Inuksuk Book by Mary Wallace
An Inuksuk is a stone structure, a
type of road sign, used by the Inuits of the Arctic to communicate important
information. They show the way when travelers are a long way from home, or
warn of dangerous places, or point to a place of reverence. This 64-page
book, which will intrigue children of the pre-teen years, consists of a
series of short stories about the Inuksuk and its importance in the Inuit
culture. |
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Amazon CA |
Honorable Mentions
The National Outdoor Book Award Categories
This is a non-profit, educational program. The winners are chosen by a panel
of judges consisting of respected outdoor columnists, authors, educators, and
book reviewers from throughout the country. In early November, the NOBA committee announces the winners of the nine
categories that make up the awards program plus a set of books that achieved
honorable mentions. The NOBA awards are given in nine different
categories.
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If
you like this list of outdoor award winners, you may enjoy these additional
lists of award winning books on mountaineering. Check out the winners (and
finalists) of the following awards:
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