Voting Is Now Open for 10th Annual Children's Choice Book Awards
Children's Choice Book Award
Parents, teachers and librarians can print out a voting ballot online at www.everychildareader.net/choice/fun-stuff to prompt discussion of the seven finalists in each category, which are K–2nd, 3rd–4th, and 5th–6th grades. There is also a separate Teen Choice Book Award.
Voting for The 10th Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards will be open online at www.everychildareader.net/vote until May 7, 2017. Teachers, librarians and booksellers can collect group or classroom votes to enter online.
The seven finalists in each of the four categories for the 10th Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards are:
K–2nd Grade BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS:
DON’T WAKE UP THE TIGER, by Britta Teckentrup (Candlewick/Nosy Crow)
FRANKENCRAYON, by Michael Hall (HarperCollins/Greenwillow)
KING BABY, by Kate Beaton (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books)
MADELINE FINN AND THE LIBRARY DOG, by Lisa Papp (Peachtree Publishers)
NANOBOTS, by Chris Gall (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
PEEP AND EGG: I’M NOT HATCHING, by Laura Gehl; illus. by Joyce Wan (Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers)
THE THANK YOU BOOK, by Mo Willems (Disney-Hyperion)
3rd–4th Grade BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS:
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER, by Carl Sommer; illus. by Ignacio Noe (Advance Publishing)
DUCK ON A TRACTOR, by David Shannon (Scholastic/Blue Sky)
THE HOLE STORY OF THE DOUGHNUT, by Pat Miller; illus. by Vincent Kirsch (HMH Books for Young Readers)
NOODLEHEAD NIGHTMARES, by Tedd Arnold, Martha Hamilton, and Mitch Weiss; illus. by Tedd Arnold (Holiday House)
ONCE UPON AN ELEPHANT, by Linda Stanek; illus. by Shennen Bersani (Arbordale Publishing)
WHOOSH!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream Of Inventions, by Chris Barton; illus. by Don Tate (Charlesbridge)
WOLF CAMP, by Andrea Zuill (Random House/ Schwartz & Wade)
5th–6th Grade BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS:
BOOKED, by Kwame Alexander (HMH Books for Young Readers)
FUZZY, by Tom Angleberger and Paul Dellinger (ABRAMS/Amulet)
GARVEY’S CHOICE, by Nikki Grimes (Boyds Mills Press/WordSong)
HILO BOOK 2: Saving the Whole Wide World, by Judd Winick (Random House/Random House Books for Young Readers)
MAKER LAB, by Jack Challoner (DK)
THE MISADVENTURES OF MAX CRUMBLY 1: Locker Hero, by Rachel Renée Russell (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin)
WET CEMENT, by Bob Raczka (Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press)
The finalists for the 2017 Children’s Choice Book Awards are rich in relevance, plotline and prose. The stories, by authors of diverse ethnicities, feature storylines ranging from a tale of a library dog to STEM-related books.
Voting for this year’s awards will end on the last day of Children’s Book Week, which will celebrate its 98th year with 500 library, school and bookstore events across the country from May 1-7. Fifty copies of every winning book and all the finalists will be donated to children in need across the country in June.
Shaina Birkhead, Programming and Strategic Partnerships Director for Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader, stated: "We love the fact that this is the only book awards chosen by kids and teens. They know the books they love and we are proud to work with so many teachers, librarians, and booksellers to help gather the votes. We have created a virtual ‘voting booth’ online, and we expect over a million votes again this year."
About Every Child a Reader
Every Child a Reader is a 501(c)(3) literacy charity dedicated to inspiring a lifelong love of reading in children and teens across America. Every Child a Reader’s popular national programs include Children’s Book Week (May 1-7, 2017), the longest-running literacy initiative in the country; the Children’s Choice Book Awards, the only book awards chosen by children and teens; and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature program, in partnership with the Library of Congress. Individual and corporate donations, grants, and Children’s Book Council support Every Child a Reader.
About Children’s Book Week
Launched in 1919, Children’s Book Week will celebrate its 98th anniversary in May 2017.
About the Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards
Launched in 2008, the Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards are the only national book awards voted on only by kids and teens. In 2017, the 10th annual awards voting will be open from March 3 to May 7.
Emma Kantor
Children's Book Council
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