Do you know about the Oklahoma Library Association’s Sequoyah Award? The Sequoyah Award honors the Native American leader Sequoyah for his unique achievement in creating the Cherokee syllabary, some-times called the Cherokee alphabet. He created a way to preserve his people’s language and culture. The Sequoyah Award is a children’s choice award. That means that the kids of Oklahoma read from a special list called a masterlist and then choose and vote for their favorite title. The books on the Sequoyah Masterlists are selected by the Sequoyah Reading Teams. There are 3 separate lists. The Children‟s list is for grades 3rd-5th. The Intermediate list is for grades 6th-8th. The High School list is for grades 9th-12th. Each list has about 12-15 books on it BUT students only have to read a minimum of 3 books to vote. Voting takes place annually in February and March. You can vote at the library and the winners are announced in April at the Oklahoma Library Association Conference. Go to http://www.oklibs.org/modx/Organization/Committees/Sequoyah.htm for more information!
