Vote!

Young Reader's Choice Award

It's time to vote for your favorite Young Reader's Choice book.

Who can vote?

Anyone in grades four through twelve in the Pacific Northwest who has read (or has heard read) at least two titles from the list.

Where to Vote?

Ask your school librarian or in our children's department for a ballot. Or go to http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm and print a 2009 ballot of your own then drop it off at your school library or in our children's department.

When can I vote?

You can vote any time between March 15 and April 15. After April 2009 watch for the new 2010 Nominees in our Children's Library so you'll be ready to vote next year.

Our Junior Division Nominees for 2009:
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
To Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
Rules by Cynthia Lord
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

The Winners Are Here!

2009 John Newbery Medal Winner:

Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

(Illustrated by Dave McKean and Published by HarperCollins Chidren's Books)

Reserve the book or CDbook at our library today.

Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner:

Beth Krommess' work on The House in the Night

(Written by Susan Marie Swanson and published by Houghton Mifflin Coumpany)

Reserve the book today at our library.

For more information on other awards and Newbery and Caldecott Honor books visit ALA.org