Ohioana Juvenile Literature Book Award: 2005
Louise Borden for The Greatest Skating Race, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2004
 Louise Borden began writing children’s books in
1989 and to date has penned 19 books. Her most recent, The Greatest Skating Race, chosen for this year’s Ohioana Book Award, is set in the
Netherlands during World War II. In it a brave boy must use all his wits and courage to lead two smaller children past Nazi soldiers across the border into
Belgium where they will be safe.
Borden, who lives in Cincinnati, graduated from Denison University with a degree in history and has been the recipient of several honors and awards:
Miami University’s Silver Gertie Award for her contributions to the field of children’s literature; a 2002 alumni citation from Denison
University; and the 2002 Ohioana Alice Louise Wood Memorial Award for Children’s Literature.
Louise Borden website
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