The Grand Canyon Reader Award (formerly the Arizona Young Reader Award) is a reader award program for students in Arizona. Students vote annually on their favorite book in the following categories: Picture Book, Non-Fiction, Intermediate and Teen. Beginning with the 2008 award the categories will be: Picture book, Non-Fiction, Intermediate, Tween and Teen (which will be a voting optional category). For more information on the award and helpful links, see below. For questions, please e-mail kerrlita@cox.net.
Kerrlita Westrick and Shirley Berow are the Co-chairs of the Grand Canyon Reader Award Committee. If you are interested in becoming a member of the selection committee for the 2009 nominees, please e-mail me at kerrlita@cox.net and I will send you information and contact names. Anyone that is a member of the Arizona Library Association or Arizona Reading Association may be on the committee.
The winners of the 2008 Grand Canyon Reader Awards:
Picture Book: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
Non-Fiction: Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy
Intermediate: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Tween: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Teen Favorite: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
"I Voted Sticker" (jpg)
Smart Board presentation of questions for the 2008 GCRA nominees from Debra Reker.
Teen
Booktalks from Maryvale High School
2008 Nominated books and links to lesson plans:
Picture Books | Non-Fiction | Intermediate | Tween | Teen
Voter registration form (word doc) Student record sheet (word doc)
Battle of the Books Questions for the 2008 Intermediate books (from Teachers as Readers) (word doc)
2008 Nominees- all categories (word doc)
2008 Intermediate and Tween PowerPoint
Bookmarks- Picture | Non-Fiction | Intermediate | Tween | Teen | (pdf files)
Voting Ballot for all 2008 nominees (word doc) Voting Ballot for Teen 2008 (word doc) Voting Ballot for Picture books 2008 (word doc) Non-Fiction ballot (word doc)
Logos to Download
(all jpg files) Large Horizontal Logo,
Horizontal Logo, Vertical
Logo, Spine Label (Color)
Large Horizontal Logo,
Horizontal Logo, Vertical Logo, Spine
Label (B&W)
Webmaster, Kerrlita Westrick, Grand Canyon Reader Award co-chair
Last update 4/23/08kmw.
