Flume Award: Time to Vote!

After promoting the nominated books for the last three months, NRHS Library Media Specialist Kerrie Zick tells me the students at Newfound Regional High School are ready to vote for the Flume Award! Here's the display that we placed in the NRHS Library Media Center. I'll go back in a week, collect the ballots, tally them, and then submit the totals to the state in the name of Newfound. I can't wait to see which books NRHS readers choose! I hope it's my favorite! Regardless, I'll post the winner here in a few weeks!

A Zillion Valentines

NHCS StoryCrafters [heart] Valentines! We read the book A Zillion Valentines by Frank Modell, about two boys who make valentines for everyone in their neighborhood! Then, we made valentines ourselves, with handwritten messages of love and thanks - and a zillion stickers!

We found that if we folded a piece of paper in half, then cut in the shape of the top part of a 2, the paper would be in a heart shape when it was opened! Short and squat, tall and thin, tiny, huge - we had all shapes of hearts, and all were symmetrical!

Young Adults at Newfound

Today it was my pleasure to visit Newfound Regional High School to speak with students about the NH Flume Award. This award is given each Spring by the NH state library association to a recently-published Young Adult book. Both nominations of titles and the votes themselves come from NH high-schoolers.

I brought with me handouts, lists, and a QR code associated with the 2014 Flume Award. In the Spring, students in grades 9-12 will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite books from the list of nominees. But my real purpose in visiting was to gather nominees for consideration for the 2015 award.

Students I spoke with were enthusiastic, polite, and well-versed in current Young Adult literature. It was evident they read a lot! Approximately two dozen titles were submitted to the state for award consideration by the students at NRHS.

Thank you to Kerrie Zick, the NRHS's Library Media Center Director, for arranging my visit and to the students at NRHS for giving your time to talk with me. I'm looking forward to going back to NRHS again!