SONWA News

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2014 SONWA Winners Announced

Northland College announced today for Earth Day their choices for the best in nature writing this past year. Three authors have been selected to receive the Sigurd F. Olson Nature…  Read More

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Review: A Boy and a Jaguar

SONWA 2015 Children’s Book Award Winner By Eileen Van Pernis, SONWA Children’s Book Committee The Children’s Book Committee of the Sigurd F. Olson Award (SONWA) is proud to announce the 2015…  Read More

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Eyes Wide Open Review

SONWA 2015 Young Adult Winner By Jan Penn, SONWA Children’s Committee Paul Fleischman’s Eyes Wide Open approaches the topic of environmental engagement from the angle of an old fashioned “investigative…  Read More

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Braiding Sweetgrass 2013 SONWA Winner

The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College announced today that Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants is the winner of its…  Read More