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The Choice is Yours

Bringing the Young Reader’s Choice Award to Life in Your Library

Presented bySara SaxtonYouth Services LibrarianWasilla Meta-Rose Public Library

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Alaska.• Loves giving the

power to the readers.

• Has a lovely family of three.

• Can be found in Wasilla.

About Sara

About PNLA

An international, regional library association

Includes Alberta, British Columbia, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Washington

Provides opportunities for networking, education, and leadership training

Major Activities: Annual Conference, biennial Leadership Institute (LEADS), Job Board, and the Young Reader’s Choice Award

Begun by Seattle bookseller Harry Hartman in 1940

The oldest children’s choice award in North America

The only reader’s choice award that includes youth in the US and Canada

Facilitated and run by Youth Librarians and School Librarians

About YRCA

{Making the List

Nominations

Eligible titles must be published 3 years prior to the award year.

No sequels will be considered. Nominees from three divisions will be

accepted: Junior (Grades 4-6), Intermediate (Grades 7-9), and Senior (Grades 10-12).

Fiction, Non-Fiction, Manga, and Poetry are all eligible.

There must be at least one book by a Canadian author in each division.

Criteria

Who nominates titles?

Librarians Teachers Parents Students Literature Lovers

Creating the Ballot

YRCA State & Provincial Representatives

6-8 Nominees per division Balanced list with appeal for

both boys & girls, variety of genres, quality writing, and high readability

Chance to expose readers to new genres & titles

2012 Young Reader’s Choice Award Voting Ballot

Junior Division Please select one.

11 Birthdays

by Wendy Mass

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

by Jacqueline Kelly

Happenstance Found

by P.W. Catanese

Jake Ransom and the Skull King’s Shadow

by James Rollins

Scat

by Carl Hiaasen

Three Cups of Tea by Sarah L. Thomson

Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry

When the Cherry Blossoms Fell

by Jenny Maruno

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

by Grace Lin

{Choosing the Best

Voting

Rules

Only students in grades 4-12 may vote.

No matter their age, kids may vote in any division where they have read more than 1 book.

Takes place annually between March 15 and April 15.

Last year more than 50,000 kids voted across the region.

{Honoring the Authors

Awards

{2011 Junior Division Winner Kazu Kibuishi signs books after accepting his medal at the PNLA Conference.

Honorees at Conference

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