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RI Children's Book Award

January 11, 2022

RI Children'sBook AwardJanuary 11, 2022
Information about the RI Children's Book Award can be found at:
http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/index.php

2022 RI Children's Book Award Voting

The time has come for your students and patrons in grades 3-5 to vote for their favorite book among the RI Children’s Book Award nominees for 2022! All voting and program evaluation will be completed online February 1 – March 15.


Important voting information:

  • Your school or library does not need to register to vote. Any school or library that would like to participate is encouraged to do so!
  • Please complete ONE form per school or library building. If you work at multiple schools or libraries, please fill out a separate form for each building.
  • This form is to collect your school or library’s total voting results, not a way to collect individual children’s votes.
  • Distribute ballots to students or patrons who have read 3 or more of the nominated books, collect all completed ballots, and tally your school or library’s results on a blank ballot (Voting materials, including the paper ballot, online ballot template and graphics can be found at https://tinyurl.com/RICBAVoting22).
  • The total number of votes for each book should be entered into the form.
  • If you have any difficulties or need to edit your form after it has been submitted, please contact Youth Services Coordinator, Danielle Margarida (danielle.margarida@olis.ri.gov, 401-574-9309/401-400-3006) before 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15.
  • All forms must be submitted by Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

Voting Documents

Additional information, as well as the documents below, can be found at http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/voting.php

Share Your Photos

Be sure to follow the Rhode Island Children's Book Award on Facebook and tag the award when sharing photos of your RICBA voting stations and activities. Not on Facebook? Send your photos to the RICBA committee to have them featured on the RICBA Facebook page or in a future newsletter.

RICBA LibGuide

Have you seen the new RICBA LibGuide at https://olis-ri.libguides.com/ricba? Beginning with the 2022 nominees, all resources will be on the RI Children's Book Award LibGuide. The LibGuide includes materials curated and developed by the RICBA committee and additional resources submitted by librarians and teachers. Author video messages are also now included on the LibGuide. The RICBA LibGuide is set to community sharing so please reuse content for your own guide!

About the RI Children's Book Award

Annually children in grades 3 to 5 have the opportunity to vote on their favorite book from a ballot of 20 selections nominated for the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award by a panel of librarians, reading specialists and teachers. Children vote as part of their class or with their local public library.

The award began in 1990 as a joint project of the Rhode Island State Council of the International Reading Association, the Rhode Island Library Association, and the Rhode Island Educational Media Association, under the coordination of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services. Today, the Rhode Island Children's Book Award is co-sponsored by the School Librarians of Rhode Island (SLRI), the Rhode Island Library Association (RILA), and the Rhode Island Center for the Book at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICFB), and is advised by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS).Three public youth services librarians, three members of SLRI, and three members of RICFB are each chosen to each serve three year terms on the committee.

20 nominees are announced each spring. Public libraries, school libraries, and classrooms promote the award and share the nominees throughout the year. Voting takes place the following February and the winner is announced in March. Children in grades 3-5 who have read at least 3 books from the list of 20 nominees are eligible to vote. Voting takes place at participating schools and public libraries throughout the state.

More Information

Please visit the RICBA web pages or contact Danielle Margarida for more information.