Oregon Book Award winners announced for 2016

The Oregon Book Award winners for 2016 were announced on Monday, 4/11.  Below is a selection of the winners in some categories; find a full list of the winners here. Or view a list of titles in our library catalog. Congratulations to all the winners!  

Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw Award for Children's Literature 
With a Friend by Your Side by Barbara Kerley

Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
Martin Marten by Brian Doyle

Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
A Long High Whistle by David Biespiel

Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction
Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear by Kate Carroll de Gutes

Ken Kesey Award for Fiction & Readers Choice Award
The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch