From: Nicole Deming <Nicole.Deming_at_cbcbooks.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:00:50 -0500

Hello!

The finalists for the 5th Annual Children's Choice Book Awards, the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by children and teens of all ages, are in! While the formal announcement won't hit the presses until mid-March, we wanted to give teachers and librarians a jump-start on the line-up so that you can be sure to have the books on hand for your young readers. (Please see attached for the complete list!)

**Voting opens online March 14 at bookweekonline.com and runs through May 3.**

Children and teens may enter their votes individually, or you can tally and enter kids' votes from your classroom or library as a group.

Last year, over 500,000 children and teens voted for their favorite books. Encourage all the young readers in your life to make their voices heard and help us reach 1 million votes this year!

Sample tweets/Facebook posts that will help us spread the word:

. Voting for _at_CBCBook's 5th Annual Children's Choice Book Awards opens online March 14! http://bit.ly/9RMoeI #CCBAs

. by _at_ is a @CBCBook 2012 Children's Choice Book Awards Finalist! Voting opens March 14! #CCBAs http://bit.ly/bYT2P

. I just downloaded my free _at_CBCBook Children's Book Week "It's A Bookmark" by Lane Smith here! #CBW http://bit.ly/afjiaR

. David Wiesner's free _at_CBCBook 2012 Children's Book Week poster is now available here! http://bit.ly/cqZXeq

. Join _at_CBCBook in celebration of the 93rd annual Children's Book Week, May 7-13, 2012! #CBW http://bit.ly/bYT2P

. Celebrate books and reading with _at_CBCBook May 7-13, 2012! #CBW http://bit.ly/bYT2P

Winners will be announced live during the Children 's Choice Book Awards Gala on May 7 in NYC. For the first time this year, footage of the entire ceremony, featuring award presentations by kid lit heavyweights Jarrett Krosoczka, Marc Brown, Mary Pope Osborne, S.E. Hinton, and many more, will be available in its entirety on the CBC site on May 8. Host a Gala viewing party in your school, library, bookstore, or home!

More resources:

. Learn

about the finalist selection process

. Check out the 2012 Digital Toolkit

, featuring everything you need to help spread the word: a voting widget, "I Voted" badges, e-cards, and more!


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Received on Wed 22 Feb 2012 10:00:50 AM CST