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 * The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award program is designed to encourage children in Ohio to read literature critically, to promote teacher and librarian involvement in children's literature programs, and to commend authors of such literature. It was established in 1981 through a collaborative effort of the Ohio Council of the International Reading Association, The Ohio Educational Library Media Association, The Ohio Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts, The Ohio Library Council, and The State Library of Ohio. **

//It is one of the few statewide readers’ choice awards in which **students nominate titles** as well as vote for the winners. //

This is your chance to introduce your students to the nominations process while teaching them how to critically evaluate books. Visit the Buckeye Children’s & Teen Book Award web page to review the requirements for a book to be eligible for nomination then invite your students to start reading! Suggestions for student nominations:
 * It is now time to nominate books for the 2013 BCTBA voting ballot. **
 * 1) You can have students simply read, read, read and give them the BCTBA web address to use to nominate books themselves.
 * 2) You can set up an online or paper ballet center in your classroom. Perhaps you will want to read aloud possible nominees and have students vote from those choices.
 * 3) You may want your students to work in groups to select, advertise and encourage others schools wide to also nominate the books your students have nominated.
 * 4) Students can write an op-ed piece for the school newspaper.
 * 5) Have blank construction paper hearts that students can use to promote their choice of nomination. An “I love this book” display.
 * 6) Any way that works for you and your students.

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Learning about the democratic process by choosing what goes from selection, to nomination, to voting is a great way to combine English and Common Core Standards while creating lifelong readers!


 * //Hurry! //**<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> The nominations window **closes March 10th**. Our ballot in the fall is only as good as the books the students nominate now.

<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Any questions, feel free to email me at: <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Liz Deskins, BCTBA President <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Liz4lib2000@yahoo.com <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> or <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">liz.library@gmail.com

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none;">More information can also be found at: <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">http://bctba.wikispaces.com <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">/