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West Leyden hosts broadcast of Readers' Choice Book Award winners
On March 22, a broadcast announcing the 2019 Readers' Choice Book Awards streamed live from the new library at West Leyden High School.
Sponsored by the Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE), the event is the culmination of a competition that involves Illinois students in K through 12 grades. Students are asked to vote for their favorite book from list of books in four separate categories. Each category represents a different grade range and includes K - 3rd grade, 3rd - 5th grade, 4th - 8th grade and 9th - 12th grade levels. Students representing each grade level announced the book finalists in the appropriate category first, and then announced the winning book in each group.
The results are as follows.
K-3 Readers’ Choice Book Award: 2019 Monarch Award winner: Creepy Pair of Underwear! by author Aaron Reynolds, and illustrator Peter Brown.
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Grades 3-5 Readers' Choice Book Award 2019 Bluestem Award winner: Wish by Barbara O’Connor.
Grades 4-8 Rebecca Caudill 2019 Young Readers’ Choice Book Award winner: Ghost by Jason Reynolds.
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2019 Lincoln Teen Readers’ Choice Book Award winner: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
According to the organization’s website, the AISLE was instituted to promote life-long learning by Illinois students; and to ensure that every student has intellectual access to information and a broad range of ideas.
The live broadcast was made possible under the direction of West Leyden librarian Janine Asmus, and District 212’s video production specialist Brandon Delgado.
