Please post your award announcement in the "Group Forum."

* Name your book award after a special person, place, or idea.
* Be careful not to duplicate or overlap with any of your classmates' topics.
* Be specific about what the award is about (i.e., social issue, reader response, literary genre, or literary element)
* As you describe the requirements for the award, please include a quotation from one of our 402 readings (from Lehr, Wolf, or Fletcher).
* Give clear directions about the type of book that will be awarded (genre, format, or expected age of readers)
* Include a final date for nominations to be posted.

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Emphasis on Reading Booklist from Library Media.
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Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
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Read Michigan
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Science Books & Films Editor's Choice Columns
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SLJ Online. Awards Announcements
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Society of School Librarians International. Best Science Books
South Carolina Children's Book Award
South Dakota Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award
Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Tennessee Volunteer Children's Book Award
Texas Bluebonnet Award
Arthur C. Clarke Award
Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award
Utah Children's Book Awards
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
Virginia Young Readers' Award
West Virginia Children's Book Award
Whitbread Award for a Children's Novel [United Kingdom]
Wisconsin Golden Archer Award
Wyoming Book Awards
Young Reader's Choice Award

Call for nominations: The Sha-Narah award for literature about adolescent popularity

The Sha-Narah award for excellence in literature about adolescent popularity seeks nominations for literature by and about high school students on the themes of popularity, acceptance, and rejection. These works of literature may be poetry, fiction, or non-fiction, and they should explore the emotional lives of teenagers as they negotiate their social networks in the school setting. The length of the work is not relevant to the selection committee, nor is the publication status. Please include in your nomination a brief summary of the text and a summary of the text's particular strengths, especially as they concern the relevance of this book to the award's theme. Nominations due by ___________.

Call for nominations: The Gabriel Award for excellence in children's literature about dragons and castles

The Gabriel Award for excellence in children's literature about dragons and castles will be awarded to a children's book that uses both story and illustration to re-invent the "traditional" medieval tale in a fresh and exciting way and to challenge the assumptions perpetuated by "traditional" literature about race, class, gender, or physical ability. Please submit nominations by __________.

Lucky is a wonderful child whose mother has died and father has abandoned her. She now lives with a guardian, but she worries constantly that the guardian, whom she admires very much, will not love her enough or will leave her again. The book uses lively descriptions of the characters so that the reader will have a strong sympathy for each of them, even the "anonymous people" whom Lucky eavesdrops on. The setting is a bit unbelievable unless you've actually experienced a setting like that: their home is a series of connected trailers situated in an extremely hot, dry desert with very few people and very few economic opportunities. Lucky is a strong and wonderful child with a lot of fears and insecurities; I'm sure that many children her age will identify. Even though this book is controversial because the word "scrotum" appears on the first page, I'm certain that the book's fast-pace and high interest will be enjoyed by both children and their teachers and parents.