Read, Read, Read!

• The Flume Award - The Flume award promotes teen reading by inviting teens to help select great literature.   Each year, students in 9th through 12th grade across NH nominate their favorite books and vote on the top ten.

• Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers - The Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list identifies titles aimed at encouraging reading among teens who dislike to read for whatever reason. The list selects both fiction and nonfiction.

• Stonewall Awards - The first and most enduring award for GLBT books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table

• Coretta Scott King Awards - The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. 

• National Book Award

• Pulitzer Prize - By Catagory

• Newbery Awards -  The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

• Caldecott Awards - The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

• American Library Assoc. Notable Children's Books

• Outstanding Science Books for Children & YA

• New York Times Best Sellers

• Independent Book Store Best Sellers

Coming soon...

Take this short survey if you are interested in starting a book club in the library or want to be a part of one.