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WA Young Readers’

Book AwardThis is

great!

WAYRBA

2012

The West Australian Young

Readers’ Book Award

(WAYRBA)

is a readers’ choice award is a readers’ choice award

organised on a state wide basis for

young readers.

WAYRBA aims to promote reading-

To give recognition to those who

read and write children’s literature.

To provide a focus for the mutual

interest of those concerned with

children and their literature.

WA Young Readers’ Book Award is modelled

on similar programmes in the United States.

In July 1979, the School Libraries Section

(WA Group) of the Australian Library &

Information Association appointed a Information Association appointed a

subcommittee in to investigate the

establishment of an award for Western

Australia’s young readers.

In March 1980, the WAYRBA was officially launched.

Organisation of Award

• The Award operates on two levels.

• Younger Readers• and• and

• Older Readers

• Both public and school libraries

throughout the state can participate.

• Newsletter with information on how

to participate

• Reading list

Beginning of the Year

• Nomination form

• Voting form

• Order form

• Schedule of events

You will receive your beginning of

the year newsletter through

the post. If you don’t receive your

newsletter, it can be found on our newsletter, it can be found on our

website.

http://wayrba.org.au/

There is merchandise you can

purchase to help promote

WAYRBA.

• Posters

• Stickers

• Book Marks

We’ve even had

high school

Every year we have a new poster.

high school

students

design the

posters.

Some

past

posters

2009

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You can also purchase

bookmarks and coloured stickers.

The stickers help identify the

books on the current reading list.books on the current reading list.

You can participate without

purchasing merchandise.

The sale of the

merchandise pays for

the newsletters, the newsletters,

postage as well as

other costs involved in

running the award.

Nominating a book for

the reading lists.

• Books are nominated by students

and can be sent to us at any time

during the year.

To be eligible for the reading

list, a book must be -

•Published within the last five years

•Currently in print

•The author must be alive

The nomination

form needs your

library’s name

written on it before

W A Y R B A N O M I N A T I O N F O R M

I f y o u h a v e j u s t r e a d a g r e a t b o o k , w e 'd l i k e t o k n o w a b o u t i t !

T o g e t i t o n n e x t y e a r 's W A Y R B A l i s t , f i l l o u t t h e f o r m b e l o w a n d h a n d i t t o y o u r l i b r a r i a n .

T h i s b o o k s h o u l d g o o n t h e : Y o u n g e r R e a d e r s ' L i s t ���� O l d e r R e a d e r s ' L i s t ����

A U T H O R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

T I T L E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

P U B L I S H E R A N D D A T E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Y O U R N A M E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A G E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

N A M E O F S C H O O L O R

P U B L I C L I B R A R Y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

* L i b r a r i a n o r T e a c h e r L i b r a r i a n o r P a r e n t t o r e a d a n d s i g n *

I h a v e s i g h t e d t h e a b o v e M E N T I O N E D b o o k a n d t h e p u b l i c a t i o n d e t a i l s a r e c o r r e c t .

S I G N A T U R E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

S e n d t o W A Y R B A , P O B O X 2 5 6 , G U I L D F O R D W A 6 9 3 5

W A Y R B A N O M I N A T I O N F O R M

written on it before

you photocopy the

sheet.

W A Y R B A N O M I N A T I O N F O R M

I f y o u h a v e j u s t r e a d a g r e a t b o o k , w e 'd l i k e t o k n o w a b o u t i t !

T o g e t i t o n n e x t y e a r 's W A Y R B A l i s t , f i l l o u t t h e f o r m b e l o w a n d h a n d i t t o y o u r l i b r a r i a n .

T h i s b o o k s h o u l d g o o n t h e : Y o u n g e r R e a d e r s ' L i s t ���� O l d e r R e a d e r s ' L i s t ����

A U T H O R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

T I T L E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

P U B L I S H E R A N D D A T E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Y O U R N A M E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A G E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

N A M E O F S C H O O L O R

P U B L I C L I B R A R Y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

* L i b r a r i a n o r T e a c h e r L i b r a r i a n o r P a r e n t t o r e a d a n d s i g n *

I h a v e s i g h t e d t h e a b o v e M E N T I O N E D b o o k a n d t h e p u b l i c a t i o n d e t a i l s a r e c o r r e c t .

S I G N A T U R E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

S e n d t o W A Y R B A , P O B O X 2 5 6 , G U I L D F O R D W A 6 9 3 5

Student readers

complete the

nomination

form.

We do

appreciate that

you double

check the

WAYRBA NOMINATION FORM

If you have just read a great book, we'd like to know about it!

To get it on next year's WAYRBA list, fill out the form below and hand it to your librarian.

This book should go on the: Younger Readers' List ���� Older Readers' List ����

AUTHOR _____________________________________________________

TITLE ________________________________________________________

PUBLISHER AND DATE ________________________________________

check the

information

and add your

signature.

YOUR NAME ____________________________________ AGE ________

NAME OF SCHOOL OR

PUBLIC LIBRARY _____________________________________________

* Librarian or Teacher Librarian or Parent to read and sign*

I have sighted the above MENTIONED book and the publication details are correct.

SIGNATURE ______________________________________________________

Send to WAYRBA, PO BOX 256, GUILDFORD WA 6935

Nominations are kept for the

following reading year.

The committee checks that the books

meet the criteria for the reading lists.

Promoting

the

nomination

of booksof books

Vote for your

favourite author!

How to vote

Write the

name of your

library on the

voting form

before

*WAYRBA Voting Form*

AUTHOR ______________________________________________________________

TITLE __________________________________________________________________

Name of reader_______________________________________________ TERRIFIC

Name of School/Library_________________________________________ GOOD

Signature of Teacher/Librarian___________________________________ OK

AWFUL

MALE � FEMALE �

Send to WAYRBA, PO Box 256, GUILDFORD WA 6935

*WAYRBA Voting Form*

AUTHOR ______________________________________________________________

TITLE __________________________________________________________________

before

photocopying

Name of reader__________________________________________ TERRIFIC

Name of School/Library_________________________________________ GOOD

Signature of Teacher/Librarian___________________________________ OK

AWFUL

MALE � FEMALE �

Send to WAYRBA, PO Box 256, GUILDFORD WA 6935

*WAYRBA Voting Form*

AUTHOR ______________________________________________________________

TITLE __________________________________________________________________

Name of reader_____________________________________________ TERRIFIC

Name of School/Library_________________________________________ GOOD

Signature of Teacher/Librarian___________________________________ OK

AWFUL

MALE � FEMALE �

Send to WAYRBA, PO Box 256, GUILDFORD WA 6935

Students complete the voting form.Librarians need to sign the bottom of the form.

*WAYRBA Voting Form*

AUTHOR ______________________________________________________________

TITLE __________________________________________________________________

Name of reader_______________________________________________ TERRIFIC

Name of School/Library_________________________________________ GOOD

Signature of Teacher/Librarian___________________________________ OK

AWFUL

MALE � FEMALE �

Send to WAYRBA, PO Box 256, GUILDFORD WA 6935

Send your votes to –

Vote Coordinator

WAYRBAPO Box 256PO Box 256

GUILDFORD WA 6935

You will find the address on our newsletters as well as on

the bottom of the nomination and voting forms.

It helps us immensely if votes

are sorted into alphabetical

order by author.

Please do not staple the votes together.

Recording votes on a tally sheet.

Reading Lists• There are new reading lists every

year. year.

• Students can read from the older and

younger lists of a given year.

Reading

List

Older

WAYRBA Lists 2009

Younger Readers’ List Older Readers’ List 1 ADORNETTO, A Shadow Thief 1 BAXTER, S H-Bomb Girl

2 ARENA, F Fartimus Maximus 2 BEALE, F Transformation of Minna Hargreaves

3 BELL, K No Tears 3

BROOKSBANK, A Mother’s Day

4 BORTOLI, S Eco-Warrior 4 CARTER, A

I’d Tell You I Love You, but Then I’d Have to Kill You

5 CADDY, D Pope Max 5 CIDDOR, A Night of the fifth moon

6 CASSIDY, C Lucky Star 6 DEPP, L Consequences: Don’t Call Me Baby

7 COLFER, e Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox 7 DESSEN, S Just Listen

8 CULLEN, E Flitterwig 8 EDWARDS, R River Sai

9 D’ATH, J Anaconda Ambush 9 FORRESTAL, E Black Jack Anderson

10 DI TERLIZZI, T Kenny and the Dragon 10 GERVAY, S

That’s Why I Wrote This Song

11 FIENBERG, A Tashi and the Phoenix 11 GLASS, L

Year the Gypsies Came

12 FORSYTH, K Sea Magic 12 GROGAN, J Marley ane Me

13 FRENCH, J The Camel who Crossed Australia 13 HOROWITZ, A

Nightrise (Power of Five Bk 3) 13 Little Blue

Older

and

Younger

14 FUNKE, C Inkdeath 14 JOHNSON, M 13 Little Blue Envelopes

15 GRIFFITHS, A Pencil of Doom 15 LANDY, D Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire

16 HACKETT, D UFO Afloat 16 LAWSON, S Finding Darcy

17 HARRIS, C Audrey of the Outback 17 LOTT, T Fearless

18 HIGGINS, F E The Black Book of Secrets 18 MALLEY, G Declaration

19 HONEY, E To the Boy in Berlin 19

MARCHETTA, M Finnikin of the Rock

20 JONELL, L Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat 20 MAWTER, J Unleased

21 JORGENSEN, N Jack’s Island 21 MEYER, S Breaking Dawn

22 KINNEY, J Diary of a Wimpy Kid 22 PATTOU, E North Child

23 LEE, D Stolen Jade 23 PEET, M Tamar

24 LYONS, J 100% Wolf 24 PIERCE, t Terrier

25 MCDONALD, M Judy Moody Around the

Worlds in 8 ½ Days 25 REEVE, P Larklight

26 MORGAN, S Curly and the Fent 26 ROSE, M Double Check

27 RODDA, E The Wizard of Rondo 27 SCOTT, M The Alchemyst

28 SAGE, A Queste 28 SPINELLI, J Love, Stargirl

29 WAGNER, M Undys Let the Games Begin 29 URSU, A The Shadow Thieves

30 WILKINSON, C Dragon Dawn 30 WEATHERLY, L Kat got your Tongue

You DO NOT have to

purchase all the books in

order to participate.

When purchasing the

books, please refer to your

school’s selection policy.

Older Reader List

Younger Reader List

Picture Book

List

Past WAYRBA Celebrations

Winning authors receive a trophy.

Duncan Ball cleaning his

WAYRBA trophies.

WAYRBA website -

http://wayrba.org.au/