search-engines-web.com sent along This One on the Massachusetts Children’s Book Award sponsored by Salem State College.
It’s simple – students read the books, pick their favorite and place their ballot.
“It’s a great program that promotes reading,” said Beebe School librarian Claire Pagnotta, adding that students must read at least five of the 25 books on the selection committee’s master list to participate.
Criteria for this list was chosen by teachers, librarians and interested publishers, and includes literary itinerary, variety of genres, representation of diverse cultural groups and reader appeal.
Been there
My daughter’s been participating in the Silver Birch program for the last couple of years, and before that in the Blue Spruce program sponsored by the Ontario Library Association.
Yes, it is seriously cool. And, as an OLA member, I get a sneak preview of the short list in the member material, so she got books from the reading list for Christmas.
Re:Been there
The Silver Birch has been in existance for 11 years now and is very successful. So much so that there are now similar awards for students of all ages – and adults. It starts with the Blue Spruce, as mentioned,(K-3) and goes up to include adult learners, the Golden Oak Awards. It’s called collectively the Forest of Reading.