[Michlib-l] Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award - voting ends January 13!

[Jesse Shirtz]

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Great Lakes Great Books Award

Jesse Shirtz & Heather Lander, committee co-chairs

906-486-4381

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2023-24 Great Lakes Great Books Award Voting Ends January 13

Winners elected by Michigan students


[ISHPEMING, MI] - Voting for this year’s Great Lakes Great Books Award ends Saturday, January 13, 2024. Each year the Award committee selects eight nominees in each of the five categories. Michigan students in grades K-12 elect the winners by voting on the pool of 40 nominees chosen by the committee. Titles with the most votes will be declared the winners and honor books during the Michigan Reading Association’s Annual Conference to be held March 15-17. The nominees are as follows:


K-1:

Anglerfish: The Seadevil of the Deep by Elaine M. Alexander, illustrated by Fiona Fogg

Knight Owl by Christopher Denise

Berry Song by Michaela Goade

How To Party Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab, illustrated by Kelly Collier

Out of a Jar by Deborah Marcero

Somewhere in the Bayou by Jerome Pumphrey & Jarrett Pumphrey

That’s Not My Name by Anoosha Syed

Fox at Night by Corey R. Tabor


2-3:

Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall

My Parents Won’t Stop Talking! written and illustrated by Emma Hunsinger and Tillie Walden

Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground by Tera Kelley, illustrated by Marie Hermansson

Ivy Lost and Found by Cynthia Lord, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin

The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Revolution by Lisa Robinson, illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Abdul’s Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Tiffany Rose

Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small by Jess Wade, illustrated by Melissa Castrillón

Wildfire! by Ashley Wolff


4-5:

Another Kind written and illustrated by Cait May and Trevor Bream

Valentine Salazar is Not a Monster Hunter by Zoraida Córdova

To the Front! Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam by Claudia Friddell, illustrated by Christopher Cyr

A Duet For Home by Karina Yan Glaser

Answers in the Pages by David Levithan

Coming Up Short by Laurie Morrison

The Aquanaut by Dan Santat

The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Julia Rothman


6-8:

Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango, illustrated by Alyssa Bermudez

Scout is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong

The Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale: Restoring an Island Ecosystem by Nancy F. Castaldo, photography by Morgan Heim

Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman

Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller

Salt Magic by Hope Larson, illustrated by Rebecca Mock

Tin Man by Justin Madson

The Golden Hour by Niki Smith


9-12:

Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley

Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime by Candace Fleming

You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Jason Griffin

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas


“This Award is intended to introduce kids to excellent books and to encourage their participation in the democratic election process by voting for the winners,” says Award co-chair Jesse Shirtz. “I love that the winners are elected only by Michigan students; no adults allowed!” She added that students may vote if they’ve read at least one book in a category.

Votes may be submitted until January 13, 2024 on MRA’s website at <http://www.michiganreading.org> www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books<http://www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books>. The committee maintains a web presence on social media: @MichGLGBooks on Facebook and Twitter, and @GreatLakesGreatBooks on Instagram.

About the Great Lakes Great Books Award: The purpose of the Great Lakes Great Books Award is to celebrate recent literature with Michigan students that has literary merit and kid appeal, and presents diverse points of view, while highlighting the election process in the selection of the winners. The Award was established in 1987 by the Michigan Reading Association. The frequency and categories in which the Award is given have fluctuated since its inception, becoming an annual award in 1995-96 and solidifying into the current five categories in 2004-05.

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Jesse Shirtz

(she/her<https://pronouns.org/>)
Library Director
Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library
317 N. Main Street
Ishpeming, MI 49849
906-486-4381
www.ishpeminglibrary.info<http://www.ishpeminglibrary.info>

co-chair
Great Lakes Great Books Award<http://www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books>
Michigan Reading Association
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