Check this years lists of great nominees for New Hampshire book awards for young adult and children's books.CHILIS (The Children's Librarians of New Hampshire) a section of the New Hampshire Library Association has been sponsoring the Great Stone Face Book Award since 1983. The award is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from students in grades 4-6 throughout New Hampshire. Voting takes place in April during National Library Week. Check out the list of 25 titles for 2006-2007. You can even listen to Nancy Keane's Book Talks for each of the titles!
Here is the web site for past winners.
http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/Childrens%27Room/childrenpages/GSFawards.htm
The list of nominees for The Flume: NH Teen Readers' Choice has just been released. This is the newest statewide book award and is sponsored by the New Hampshire Library Association. Young adults in grades 9 - 12 will vote before April 30, 2007 for the 2006-2007 nominees.
The Ladybug Picture Book Award was established in 2003 to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books. Nominees for 2007 were recently announced by the Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library.
