RI Children's Book Award

Information about the RI Children's Book Award can 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 2019!

All voting and program evaluation will be done online. Beginning February 1, your school or library’s voting results can be entered at http://olis-ri.libwizard.com/ricba2019. All voting results must be submitted by Friday, March 1.

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 online 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.
• The total number of votes for each book should be entered into the online 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 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1.
• All votes must be entered by Friday, March 1, 2019.

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

• 2019 Blank Ballot
• 2019 Nominees
• 2019 Voting Information
• 2019 Voting Survey Preview
• 2019 Voting Survey (Open February 1 - March 1)

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 2019 RI Children's Book Award. Children in grades 3-5 who have read at least three books from the list of 2019 nominees are invited to vote at one of these libraries between Februray 1 - March 1.

We'll continue to add to this list, visit http://www.olis.ri.gov/youth/ricba/voting.php for updates.

Coventry Public Library
Greenville Public Library
Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett)
Pawtucket Public Library
Warwick Public Library - Central
Woonsocket Harris Public Library (RICBA display pictured)

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