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Garden State Book Awards: In Your Library & Beyond!

Garden State Book Awards: In Your Library & Beyond!. NJLA Youth Services Forum November 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 .

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Garden State Book Awards: In Your Library & Beyond!

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  1. Garden State Book Awards:In Your Library & Beyond! NJLA Youth Services Forum November 1, 2012

  2. 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

  3. Process • How do books get on the list? • Horn Book Guide • 3 years • Starred reviews • Multiple copies • First American Edition • Trade Hardcover • Literary Merit andKid Appeal

  4. Committee Review • Three Meetings • Assigned Readings • Choose Books for Lists • Timeline • Winners Revealed • Ballot released • Banquet @ NJLA Annual Conference • Voting

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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!

  8. Bridgewater Branch of theSomerset County Library System

  9. Toms River BranchOcean County Library

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. More Working with Schools Lesson 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.

  13. Graphics also available on NJLA Website

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  15. More Graphics

  16. Thank you! • Questions? • Thanks! • Karen T. Bilton, Head of Youth Services, Mary Jacobs Library – a branch of the Somerset County Library System kbilton@sclibnj.org 609-924-7073 x5

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