Selected Award-Winning Titles


Cherokee
Text by Robert J. Conley, photography by David Fitzgerald
Ben Franklin Award Best Multicultural Book, 2003

One Man's Wilderness - An Alaskan Odyssey
by Sam Keith from the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke
National Outdoor Book Award, History/Biography, 1999

Two in the Far North
by Margaret E. Murie, illustrations by Olaus J. Murie
National Outdoor Book Award, Outdoor Classic, 1998


Also see:
  Alone across the Arctic - One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team
by Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon, photography by Pam Flowers
Ben Franklin Award, Best Travel/Essay Book, 2002

Bison - Monarch of the Plains
Text by Linda M. Hasselstrom, photography by David Fitzgerald
Oklahoma Books Award, Best Design, 1999

Caribou - Wanderer of the Tundra
Photography and text by Tom Walker
Ben Franklin Award Best Nature Book, 2001

Cooking to Impress without Stress
by Annabel Langbein
Gourmand World Award, Best Cookbook (Entertaining), 2003

The Hidden Coast - Coastal Adventures from Alaska to Mexico
by Joel Rogers
Washington State Book Award, 1992

The Oregon Story - 1850-2000
by the staff of The Oregonian
Ben Franklin Award, Best History Book, 2001

Portland Confidential - Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City
by Phil Stanford
IPPY Award, Best True Crime Book, 2005

Primal Forces
Essay by Michelle Gilders, hotography by David Muench and Marc Muench
Book of the Year, NWABP, 2001

Raising Ourselves - A Gwich’in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River
by Velma Wallis
Before Columbus Foundation, American Book Award, 2003

Reaching Home - Pacific Salmon, Pacific People
Essays by Tom Jay and Bradford Matsen, photos and captions by Natalie Fobes
PNBA Award, 1995

Running with Champions - A Midlife Journey on the Iditarod Trail
by Lisa Frederic
Alaska Professional Communicators Contest, 2007

Shadows on the Koyukuk - An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River
by Sidney Huntington as told to Jim Rearden
HAIL (Honoring Alaska’s Indigenous Literature) Award, 2004

Two Old Women - An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival
by Velma Wallis, illustrations by James L. Grant Jr.
Western States Book Award 1993; PNBA Book Award, 1994

The Winter Walk - A Century-old Survival Story from the Arctic
by Loretta Outwater Cox
HAIL (Honoring Alaska’s Indigenous Literature) Award, 2004

The Winterlake Lodge Cookbook - Culinary Adventures in the Wilderness
by Kirsten Dixon
Gourmand World Award, Best Woman Chef Book, 2004



Selected Children’s Book Awards


Big-Enough Anna - The Little Sled Dog Who Braved the Arctic
by Pam Flowers and Ann Dixon, illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
Volunteer State Book Award, 2006-2007; Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award (Oregon Reading Association) 2004-2005; Henry Bergh Children's Book Award Winner, 2003
Kumak's Fish - A Tall Tale from the Far North
by Michael Bania
Notable Social Studies Book for Young People (NCSS), 2005; Wanda Gag Book Award Honor Book, 2005
Recess at 20 Below
Photographs and text by Cindy Lou Aillaud
Notable Social Studies Book for Young People (NCSS), 2006; Notable Book; International Reading Association, 2006

Also see:
  Alone Across the Arctic - One Woman's Epic Journey by Dog Team
by Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon, photography by Pam Flowers
Notable Social Studies Book for Young People (NCSS), 2002

Blueberry Shoe
Story by Ann Dixon, illustrations by Evon Zerbetz
National Outdoor Book Award 2000; Parents Guide to Children's Media Award 1999; Children's Book Council 2001

Buffalo Dreams
Story by Kim Doner, illustrations by Kim Doner
Oklahoma Book Award Finalist 2000; Foreword Magazine Children's Picture Book of the Year, 1999

Children of the Midnight Sun - Young Native Voices of Alaska
Profiles by Tricia Brown, photography by Roy Corral
Notable Social Studies Book for Young People (NCSS), 1999; Ben Franklin Award Best Children’s Book, 1999

City Foxes
Story by Susan J. Tweit, photographs by Wendy Shattil
Outstanding Science Book for Children (NSTA), 1998

Coyote in Love
by Mindy Dwyer
CBC Not Just for Children Anymore! Selection 2000

Gold Rush Dogs
by Claire Rudolf Murphy and Jane G. Haigh
Notable Social Studies Book for Young People (NCSS) 2002, Henry Bergh Children's Book Award, 2001

Kumak's House - A Tale of the Far North
Written and illustrated by Michael Bania
Notable Social Studies Book for Young People (NCSS), 2003; IPPY Award Best YA Non-fiction 1999

The Least of These - Rescuing and Rehabilitating Wild Baby Birds
by Joan Harris
Outstanding Science Book for Students K-12, (NSTA) 2006; Henry Bergh Children's Book Award, 2005

Seldovia Sam and the Sea Otter Rescue
Story by Susan Woodward Springer, illustrations by Amy Meissner
Henry Bergh Children's Book Award 2003

The Sleeping Lady
Retold by Ann Dixon, illustrated by Elizabeth Johns
PNBA Children's Book Award, 1995