Richard Trout

Richard Trout and his books have received numerous awards.  Check out the itmes on this page to learn more.

Personal Awards

Presidents Award for Teaching.Richard received the highest recognition as a professor from OCCC.

Awards and Recognition for the MacGregor Adventure Series

Czar of Alaska

• Finalist, Writer’s League of Texas, Young Adult/Long Works Teddy Award.
  The Teddy Awards are named after Theodore Roosevelt and the Teddy Bear which represent the children’s and young adult category for Book of the Year.
• Finalist, 2006 YA Book of the Year, Oklahoma Center for the Book

Cayman Gold

• National Geographic, The JASON Project Curriculum Selection for “Monster Storms”

www.jasonproject.org

The JASON Project is a magnificent program for kids of all ages and was founded by Dr. Bob Ballard, the discoverer of the Titanic. Each year the project selects a topic of interest for the year and then builds a curriculum around it for teachers. This year the topic is “Monster Storms” and Cayman Gold: Lost Treasure of Devils Grotto was selected as part of the curriculum.

• Accelerated Reader National Summer Reading Program 2005, Week 6
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  Each year Renaissance Learning selects eight books for their summer reading program from thousands of possibilities. Cayman Gold: Lost Treasure of Devils Grotto was honored as the selection for week six.

Devil’s Breath Volcano

• Selected by National Geograhic’s JASON Project for The Resilient Planet science curriculum for 2008-2009.