NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2009
NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD PROGRAM announces its 2009 winners!
Who is Melvin Bubble?, written by Nick Bruel, is the winner in the Picture Book category.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal, by Jeff Kinney, is the winner in the Junior Book category.
There were 167,652 votes cast this year by children in the State of North Carolina. Who is Melvin Bubble? won with 19,652 of the 140,002 votes cast in the Picture Book category. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal won with 12,054 votes of the 27,650 votes cast in the Junior Book category.
The North Carolina Children’s Book Award Program is a children’s choice program sponsored by school and public libraries in North Carolina and is designed to introduce children to current children’s literature and to instill a love of reading.
The 2010 nominated titles for the NCCBA contest will be announced in mid-May. Nominated titles will be posted to the NCSLMA site and the Bookhive site listed below, and will be highlighted at various workshops throughout our state.
 The North Carolina School Library Media Association held a mini conference session in Charlotte, North Carolina in conjunction with the AASL meeting on November 5th. The NCCBA picture book winner, Nick Bruel, was able to attend the meeting to accept his award for Who Is Melvin Bubble? Lisa England, the NCCBA Co-Chair, and Vicki Stanfield presented Mr. Bruel with his award.
The junior book winner, Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, was unable to attend the meeting but expressed his thanks by sending a Diary of a Wimpy Kid stand-up for everyone in attendance!
VOTING SUMMARY
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