Great Stone Face Book Award 2023
The Great Stone Face Book Award
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
Be An Educated Voter!
Read the books at home or in school
Learn more about the authors and illustrators.
Listen to some books read aloud, and try some of the activities below.
Learn more about the authors and illustrators.
Listen to some books read aloud, and try some of the activities below.
Allergic
Written by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Realistic Fiction/ Graphic Novel Gr. 4+
Alone in the Woods
Written by Rebecca Behrens
Survival/Adventure. Gr. 5+
Better with Butter
Written by Victoria Piontek
Realistic Fiction. Gr. 4+
Carry Me Home
Written by Janet Fox
Realistic Fiction Gr. 5+
Chunky
Written by Yehudi Mercado
Graphic Novel / Memoir. Gr. 4+
The Elephant in the Room
Written by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Realistic Fiction. Gr. 5+
The Haunted Mustache
Fright Nights series book 1
Written by Joe McGee
Scary. Gr. 5+
The In-Between
Written by Rebecca Ansari
Scary/Mystery. Gr. 5+
The Last Bear
Written by Hannah Gold
Realistic/ Magical Fiction Gr. 4+
Long Lost
Written by Jacqueline West
Mystery/Scary. Gr. 6+
Operation Do-Over
Written by Gordon Korman
Realistic / Magical Fiction Gr. 5+
A Place at the Table
Written by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Realistic Fiction. Gr. 5+
A Place to Hang the Moon
Written by Kate Albus
Historical Fiction. Gr. 5+
Secondhand Dogs
Written by Carolyn Crimi
Realistic / Animal Fiction. Gr. 4+
The Shape of Thunder
Written by Jasmine Warga
Realistic Fiction / Verse. Gr. 5+
The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
Written by Jaclyn Moriarty
Fantasy. Gr. 6+
Trouble in the Stars
Written by Sarah Prineas
Science Fiction. Gr. 5+
Tune it Out
Written by Jamie Summer
Realistic Fiction Gr. 5+
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
Written by Natasha Farrant
Historical Adventure Fiction Gr. 6+
What Comes Next
Written by Rob Buyea
Realistic Fiction Gr. 5+
