is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th through 6th graders throughout the state. Every spring the Children's Librarians of the New Hampshire Library Association names 20 nominees for the Great Stone Face Book Award. Students have until the following spring to read and explore the books before voting for the winner.
The purpose of the award is to promote reading enjoyment, to increase awareness of contemporary writing, and to allow children to honor their favorite authors.
Voting will take place in April.
Learn more at The Children's Librarian Section of the New Hampshire State Library website
The Misewa Saga, book 1
Indigenous / Fantasy Fiction
GSF Committee Book Talk
Listen to the author, David A. Robertson reading from The Barren Grounds
Author interview by BiblioVideo
Realistic Fiction / Novel in Verse
Winner of the NAACP Image Award
Winner of the Corretta Scott King Author Award
GSF Committee Book Talk
Jaqueline Woodson interviewed by Levar Burton about Before the Ever After
Jaqueline Woodson on CBS Morning Show
Historical Fiction
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER
A SYDNEY TAYLOR MIDDLE GRADE HONOR BOOK
GSF Committee Book Talk
Watch a news show interview with Anne Blankman
Realistic Fiction / Humor
GSF Committee Book Talk
Listen to the author talk about why he wrote the book.
Listen to Jordan Sonnenblick read the first chapter
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Newbery Honor Book
Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor
*recommended for grades 5 and up due to themes
Watch an interview with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley