Our library  participates in the Nutmeg Book Awards program!

Last year Connecticut teens chose twenty fantastic works of fiction to be this year's nominees for the Nutmeg Book Awards. The books are divided into 2 categories: grades 4-6 and grades 7-8. (However, many of these books are appropriate for students in other age groups.) In January 2008, Connecticut students  will vote for their favorites.  The winning book in each category will receive the coveted and respected Nutmeg Book Award.

This year's nominees: Grades 4-6

A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer

Hatching Magic by Ann Downer

Jackie's Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs

Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret

Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park

The Ravenmaster's Secret by Elvira Woodruff

Shredderman's Secret Identity by Wendelin van Draanen

The Seven Professors of the Far North by John Fardell

White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp

This year's nominees: Grades 7 - 8

Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis

Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Emako Blue by Brenda Woods
In Darkess, Death by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
The River Between Us by Richard Peck
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
Shackleton's Stowaway by Victoria McKernan

Our library has  these books, as will most of Connecticut's public libraries. Students must read between 1-10 of this year's nominated books to participate, although of course, the more they read the more exciting the competition.

For more information come into the library! and link to: http://www.nutmegaward.org/index.htm

This program is co-sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association and the Connecticut Educational Media Association.