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Children and Teens Vote for Favorite Books at Delaware Public Libraries!

Written on: February 17th, 2010 by: in Blog Posts, News

Voting is currently underway at all Delaware public libraries to select the winners of the 15th Annual Blue Hen Book Award, sponsored by the Children’s Services Division of the Delaware Library Association. The Blue Hen Award promotes reading and library use in children and teens. Youth Services Librarians from Delaware public libraries nominated five books published between November 2008 and October 2009 in the following categories: Picture Book, Chapter Book and Teen Fiction. Children and teens who read all the nominated books in a category then vote for their favorite.

Nominees for the 2011 Blue Hen Book Award in the Picture Book category are:

• The Plot Chickens by Mary Jan and Herm Auch
• Tiger Pups by Tom and Allie Harvey
• The Birthday Pet by Ellen Javernick
• Stars Above Us by Geoffrey Norman
• The Scarecrow’s Dance, by Jane Yolen

Nominees in the Chapter Book category are:

• Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware by M.T. Anderson
• Chrissa Stands Strong by Mary Cassanova
• A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
• When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Nominees in the Teen Fiction category are:

• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
• If I Stay by Gayle Forman
• Pop by Gordon Korman
• The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
• Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor

The nominated books and ballots are available at all Delaware public libraries. Voting will end August 31, 2010; the 2011 Blue Hen Book Award winners will be announced Saturday, November 6, 2010.