GARDEN STATE BOOK AWARDS:IN YOUR LIBRARY & BEYOND!

NJLA Youth Services ForumNovember 1, 2012

HISTORY OF GSCBA Founded 1977 by CSS Recognition for Early and Middle Grade Fiction Grades 2-5

Fiction Series (4 or more titles with recurring characters)

Non Fiction Grades 2-5 Easy Readers

PROCESS How do books get on the list?

Horn Book Guide 3 years Starred reviews Multiple copies First American Edition Trade Hardcover Literary Merit AND Kid Appeal

COMMITTEE REVIEW Three Meetings Assigned Readings Choose Books for Lists Timeline

Winners Revealed Ballot released Banquet @ NJLA Annual Conference Voting

PARTICIPATE How to Vote

Don’t need to have all books in library Email, Fax, Snail Mail

When to Vote Sept-December (Due Jan 1, 2013.)

What to Count Direct voter participation Circulation statistics

KID PARTICIPATION Tell the kids that they can vote too!

Your parents just voted, now it’s your turn! Children all over the state are voting. Don’t let

them pick the winners without you! Offer incentives!

Prizes/Raffles for participation in voting

TIPS Tally/Graphing:

Poster or wall graph, kids vote with stamps or stickers

Bookmarks Ballot can be turned into bookmarks that can be

placed in each nominated book. Place ballot box in accessible place Create a bulletin board display of nominated

books All book covers & graphics are available on NJLA

website!

BRIDGEWATER BRANCH OF THESOMERSET COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM

TOMS RIVER BRANCHOCEAN COUNTY LIBRARY

PROGRAM IDEAS Have kids design book covers for display Review/Recommendation Center or Notebook Throw a party/hold a contest Scavenger Hunt Battle of the Books

WORKING WITH SCHOOLS Booktalk Nominees to schools, parents,

classes We write the booktalks for you! Just look on the

NJLA website, under Honors & Awards look for Garden State Children’s Book Awards.

If schools are looking for great suggestions… Summer Reading Lists Reading Assignments Battle of the Books

MORE WORKING WITH SCHOOLSLESSON PLANS!

We have 3 ready made lesson plans that all meet the new Core Curriculum Content standards. One Lesson plan for each category of nominees You don’t need to own all of the books to run the

lessons. Written by a school librarian

Lesson plans and book covers available on Garden State Children’s Book Awards section of NJLA website.

GRAPHICS ALSO AVAILABLE ON NJLA WEBSITE

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THANK YOU! Questions?

Thanks!

Karen T. Bilton, Head of Youth Services, Mary Jacobs Library – a

branch of the Somerset County Library Systemkbilton@sclibnj.org609-924-7073 x5