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Nevada Young Reader Award

Nevada Young Reader Award. J-Lynn Van Pelt Andi Morency Shar Murphy The Honors Academy of Literature Reno, NV. The PRocess. Students nominate books in the fall List of nominees sent to readers Teacher, librarian, and administrator volunteers read the nominees

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Nevada Young Reader Award

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  1. Nevada Young Reader Award J-Lynn Van Pelt AndiMorency Shar Murphy The Honors Academy of Literature Reno, NV

  2. The PRocess • Students nominate books in the fall • List of nominees sent to readers • Teacher, librarian, and administrator volunteers read the nominees • March teleconference with adult volunteers to determine the finalists in each category • Finalists published and promoted • Students vote on the finalists in the Spring of the next year • Committee always reading a full year ahead

  3. Picture Book Category

  4. One Cool Friend

  5. Won Ton

  6. Every Cowgirl Loves a Rodeo

  7. Three Hens and a Peacock

  8. The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School

  9. Mossy

  10. Silly Doggy!

  11. Blackout

  12. Young Reader Category

  13. One White Dolphin

  14. The Silver Bowl

  15. Sylvia & Aki

  16. Who Was Steve Jobs?

  17. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

  18. Capture the Flag

  19. Intermediate Category

  20. Smile

  21. An Elephant in the Garden

  22. HERO

  23. The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt

  24. Breadcrumbs

  25. Okay for Now

  26. Young Adult Category

  27. The Fault in Our Stars

  28. The Girl in the Steel Corset

  29. My Life Next Door

  30. Variant

  31. Legend

  32. Infinity: Chronicles of Nick Book 1

  33. Promote the Finalists • Order the books! • Librarian book talks starting at the beginning of the year • Inform your teachers about NYRA and the finalists for the year • Have all staff working to promote reading NYRA • All classes read the picture books and vote as a class • We read the picture books through 8th grade and the older students practice literary critique • Encourage students to continue reading in their age category • Promote NYRA reading and voting (students have a voice!) on school website and social media

  34. Volunteer! • We need readers! • Recruit teacher readers—resume builder & keep current on literature that students are reading • Plug yourself in to the website and get on the email list • Changes coming—start making the business meetings • Nevada Library Association (NLA) Conference in October • March teleconference • Meet the winning authors in October at NLA conference • Encourage students to nominate & vote • Make it easy for them!

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