Show Me Readers Award

MASL sponsors four children to young adult choice book awards: the Show Me Readers Award, the Mark Twain Award, the Gateway Readers Award, and the Truman Readers Award. The Show Me Readers Award is selected by students in grades one through three and presented annually. Nominations of titles of literary merit for the stated grade range to be considered for the award are invited.

The Show Me Readers Award is a children's choice award sponsored by the Missouri Association of School Librarians.

PURPOSE: The Show Me Readers Award is to promote literature, literacy, and reading in Missouri elementary schools for grades one through three, and to promote recognition of authors and illustrators of books that are favorites of Missouri children in these grades.

Click here to recommend a book for the Show Me Readers Award.

For a complete listing of current Show Me Committee members, click here.

WHO MAY VOTE: Children in grades one through three are eligible to vote for their favorite book if they have read or had read to them a minimum of six books on the current master list.

VOTING: In March, students in grades one through three will vote for the book they liked best. Schools will design their own ballots and each student will get one vote. Votes are tallied by each school and placed on a tally sheet which can be downloaded here (available during voting only.) The results from the tally sheet should be entered into the online voting system.

All votes must be entered by Midnight on March 10, 2009.

Mailed or faxed entries will NOT be accepted.

Disclaimer: The Missouri Association of School Librarians does not endorse nor recommend any blog discussions relating to books that are on the reading lists for the Gateway, Mark Twain, Show Me, or Truman Reading Incentive Programs.