Mid-winter is an exciting time in the literary world, because it's when many annual book awards are announced. This is true even for children's books, with the American Library Association (ALA) awarding the Caldecott Medal for the best illustrations in a book for children, and the Newbery Award to the author of the best children's book of the year. We have designated shelves in the Children's Room for many of these award-winning books with the newer titles peppered throughout the children's and juvenile collections.
My favorite awards are the NH state awards, because they are voted on by NH children. The Great Stone Face Book Award is sponsored by the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire (CLNH) and is given each year to an author whose book receives the most votes from fourth through sixth graders throughout the state. For the Ladybug Award, the state's children's librarians nominate picture book titles each spring. By fall, the list is whittled to ten books and NH children from preschoolers to third grade vote to choose the award winner in December. I'm always so excited to see which book wins.
Because this award has existed only since 2003, we have all the Ladybug Award winners at the Gordon-Nash! I spent some time this week putting ladybug spine labels on our copies so they will be easy for kids to spot on the shelves. Interestingly, six of the award-winning books were checked out! See? - they really are good books! Ask your child about the Ladybug Award!
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