WASHINGTON CHILDREN'S CHOICE PICTURE BOOK AWARD

The Washington Children's Choice Award is selected annually by Washington State's K-3 students, who may vote for this award through their library media specialist.

2010 Nominee List - Word document

Chester by Melanie Watt

Co-Chairpersons and committee information:

How to vote for the 2009 award:

• Use the nominee list to ...

  • tell students about the award

  • record votes

  • create activities for student interest and reading

  • order books from your usual sources (ISBN & publisher are included)
    
    

• Schools and libraries should email their ballot to Barb Engvall or send the printed ballot by April 1, 2009 to:

Barb Engvall
WCCPBA Ballot
John Campbell Elementary School
408 N. 1St St.
Selah, WA 98942

• FAQs about the WCCPBA voting process can be found here. Please check the FAQs first if you have questions.
  

• Emailed ballots are preferred and must include all titles in alphabetical order (even if no student voted for a title) and the name of their school and the city or town of their school or library.

• WCCPBA posters are available for sale ($5.00 each) at the conference (not before) and afterwards through the mail.
  2" WCCPBA Logo gold seals are also available for $1.00 per set of 5.

• Please email Shay Eisenbarth at wccpba@gmail.com to order posters or stickers after the conference. Postage will depend on how you want the poster sent - either by mailing tube or folded flat in a large envelope. Mailing tube is $2.17 plus postage.

How to nominate titles for the 2010 list:

• Select books from titles published in 2007 or 2008.

• Books may only be nominated by WLMA members who work at the elementary level.

• The WLMA member must have personally read the book.
  

• Nominate books in picture-book format and those that you consider to be good read-alouds for a K-3 audience. These may be either nonfiction or fiction. They may include photography and wordless books.

• Titles on the final 20-book nomination list cannot be nominated the next year.
  

• Books are to be in print and distributed in the United States.

• The ballot will contain not more than 20 titles.

• Submit 2010 ballot nominations by February 5, 2009, to Kim Guyette: (Kim.Guyette@rsd.edu).

Past Winners and History for WCCPBA Award

WCCPBA History webpage (past winners and activity packets available)