RI Children's Book Award

Please note that the web address for the RI Children's Book Award has changed. Information about the RI Children's Book Award can now be found at:
http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/index.php

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 2018! For over 20 years the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award has generated widespread enthusiasm for reading. Thank you to the many schools and libraries in Rhode Island that participate.

All voting and program evaluation will be done online. Beginning February 1, your school or library’s voting results can be entered at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ricba2018.

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!
• This survey is to collect your school or library’s 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 (blank ballots can be found at: http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/voting.php).
• The total number of votes for each book should be entered into the survey.
• Each school or library may only complete one survey; the survey does not allow you to make corrections or to enter additional results. If you have any difficulties, or need edits done, please contact Youth Services Coordinator, Danielle Margarida (danielle.margarida@olis.ri.gov, 401-574-9309) by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2.
• All votes must be entered by Friday, March 2, 2018.

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

2018 Nominees
2018 Ballot
2018 Voting Information
2018 Voting Station Tips
2018 Voting Survey Preview (PDF of the online survey to preview survey questions before submitting results online. This document may not be printed and submitted as your results.)
2018 Voting Survey

If you are unable to collect and tally votes this year, your students/patrons can still cast their vote at a nearby public library. The following libraries are participating in voting for the 2018 RI Children's Book Award. Children in grades 3-5 who have read at least three books from the list of 2018 nominees are invited to vote at one of these libraries between Februray 1 - March 2.

Ashaway Free Library
Clark Memorial Library
Cranston Public Library - voting station at Central, but ballots will be accepted at all branches
Cumberland Public Library
Exeter Public Library
Greenville Public Library
Hope Public Library
Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library

Knight Memorial Library - Providence Community Libraries
Langworthy Public Library
Lincoln Public Library
Louttit Library
Mount Pleasant Library - Providence Community Libraries
Newport Public Library
Pawtucket Public Library
Providence Public Library
Riverside Branch Library - East Providence Public Library
Rochambeau Library - Providence Community Library

Weaver Library - East Providence Public Library
Warwick Public Library - Central Branch
Westerly Public Library

Woonsocket Harris Public Library

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.

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.

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

Email: danielle.margarida@olis.ri.gov
Website: http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/index.php
Location: RI Office of Library and Information Services, Providence, RI, United States
Phone: 401-574-9309
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rhode-Island-Childrens-Book-Award-1353731481320472/?ref=page_internal