National Outdoor Book Awards (1997-2009)

from The National Outdoor Book Awards accessed 11/12/09

The winners of the 2009 National Outdoor Book Awards, sponsored by the National Outdoor Book Awards Foundation, Idaho State University and the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education, are:

History-Biography: Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley (Harper).
Nature and the Environment: Our Living Earth by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
Design & Artistic Merit: Lars Jonsson's Birds illustrated by Lars Jonsson (Princeton University Press)
Outdoor Literature: Halfway to Heaven by Mark Obmascik (Free Press)
Natural History Literature: Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys by Rob Dunn (Smithsonian Books)
Instructional: Girl on the Rocks: A Woman's Guide to Climbing with Strength, Grace and Courage by Katie Brown, photographs by Ben Moon (Globe Pequot Press/Falcon Guides)
Outdoor Adventure: Guide to the Green and Yampa Rivers in Dinosaur National Monument by Duwain Whitis and Barbara Vinson (RiverMaps)
Nature: Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America by Roger Tory Peterson (Houghton Mifflin)
Children's: Whistling Wings by Laura Goering, illustrated by Laura Jacques (Sylvan Dell Publishing)
For reviews of these titles and honorable mentions, go to noba-web.org.

CHILDREN'S CATEGORY
The Inuksuk Book
1999
Text and illustrations by Mary Wallace. Greey de Pencier Books (Owl Books)
Blueberry Shoe
2000
By Ann Dixon. Illustrations by Evon Zerbetz. Alaska Northwest Books
Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish
2000
By Twig C. George. Millbrook Press
Coyote and Badger: Desert Hunters of the Southwest
2001
Written and illustrated by Bruce Hiscock. Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, Pennsylvania
What Does the Sky Say?
2001
By Nancy White Carlstrom. Illustrated by Tim Ladwig. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ladybugs: Red, Fiery and Bright
2002
By Mia Posada. Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis
Wild Wings: Poems for Young People
2002
By Jane Yolen. Photographs by Jason Stemple. Wordsong and Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, PA
Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery
2003
By Ellen Stoll Walsh. Hartcourt, Inc., New York
Jam & Jelly by Holly & Nellie
2003
By Gloria Whelan. Illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen. Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI
Whose Garden Is It?
2004
By Mary Ann Hoberman. Illustrated by Jane Dyer. Harcourt, New York
The Leaf Man
2005
By Lois Ehlert. Harcourt, New York
The Little Green Island With a Little Red House: A Book of Colors and Critters
2005
By Sharon Lovejoy. Down East Books, Rockport, ME
Gaia Girls Enter the Earth
2006
By Lee Welles. Daisyworld Press, Corning, NY
Kelly of Hazel Ridge
2006
Text by Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuysen. Illustrations by Gijsbert van Frankenhuysen. Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, MI
Peak
2007
By Roland Smith. Harcourt, Orlando, FL
The Pole
2008
By Eric Walters. Puffin Canada/Penguin Group, Toronto

HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
The Doing of the Thing: The Brief, Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom

1998
By Vince Welch, Cort Conley, and Brad Dimock. Fretwater Press
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
1999
By Sam Keith from the journals of Richard Proenneke. Alaska Northwest Books
The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory
2000
By Peter and Leni Gillman. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle
A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
2001
By Donald Worster. Oxford University Press, New York
Sunk Without a Sound: The Tragic Colorado Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde
2001
By Brad Dimock. Fretwater Press, Flagstaff, Arizona
Arctic Crossing: One Man's 2,200 Mile Odyssey Among the Inuit
2002
By Jonathan Waterman. Lyons Press/Globe Pequot, Guilford, CT
Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism
2002
By Char Miller. Island Press/Shearwater Books, Washington
Southern Exposure: A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand's South Island
2003
By Chris Duff. Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT
Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering
2003
By Rebecca A. Brown. Appalachian Mountain Club Books, Boston, MA
Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering
2004
By Andy Selters. American Alpine Club Press, Golden, Colorado
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life
2005
By Arlene Blum. Scribner, New York
Journey of a Hope Merchant: From Apartheid to the Elite World of Solo Yacht Racing
2005
By Neal Petersen with William P. Baldwin and Patty Fulcher. South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC
The Last Season
2006
By Eric Blehm. HarperCollins, New York
Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disaster
2007
By James M. Tabor. W. W. Norton & Company, New York
The Very Hard Way: Bert Loper and the Colorado River
2007
By Brad Dimock. Fretwater Press, Flagstaff, AZ
Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
2008
By Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver. Yale University Press
Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of the Grand Canyon
2008
By Elias Butler and Tom Myers. Puma Press, Flagstaff, AZ
NATURAL HISTORY LITERATURE
Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion
2005
By Alan Burdick. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Condor: To the Brink and Back
2006
By John Nielsen. HarperCollins Publishers, New York
Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West
2007
By Michael Punke. Smithsonian Books, New York
Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place
2007
By Robert Michael Pyle. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
The American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
2008
By Susan Freinkel. University of California Press, Berkeley
OUTDOOR LITERATURE
Landscapes of the Interior
1997
By Don Gayton. New Society Publishers
The Sacred Place: Witnessing the Holy in the Physical World

1997
Edited by Scott Olsen and Scott Cairns. University of Utah Press
Postcards from the Ledge: Collected Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child
1998
By Greg Child. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle
The Lost River: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Transformation on Wild Water
1999
By Richard Bangs. Sierra Club Books in conjunction with Random House
On Celtic Tides: One Man's Journey Around Ireland by Sea Kayak
2000
By Chris Duff. St. Martin's Press
Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman's Bicycle Trip Through Mongolia, China and Vietnam
2001
By Erika Warmbrunn. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle
Rowing to Latitude
2002
By Jill Fredston. North Point Press, New York
The Beckoning Silence
2003
By Joe Simpson. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle
A Blistered Kind of Love
2004
By Angela and Duffy Ballard. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle
Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age
2004
By Ted Kerasote. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, Minnesota
Where The Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure
2004
By Maria Coffey. St. Martin's Press, New York
At the Mercy of the River: An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness
2005
By Peter Stark. Ballatine Books, New York
Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women who climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain
2005
By Jennifer Jordan. William Morrow, New York
Being Caribou
2006
By Karsten Heuer. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle
Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly-fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska
2007
By Lou Ureneck. St. Martins Press, New York
Blue Horizons: Dispatches from Distant Seas
2007
By Beth A. Leonard. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, Camden, ME
Forget Me Not: A Memoir
2008
By Jennifer Lowe-Anker. The Mountaineers Books, Seattle