|
LIBRARIES LINKS
►
Libraries Home Page
►
About Your Libraries
►
Active Reading
►
Children & Teens
►
Information Services
►
Internet Services
►
Library Locations
►
Libraries Vision 05-15 (PDF)
►
Lifelong Learning
►
Online Services
►
Outreach Services
►
Regular Events
►
Schools Services
|
Explore Book Awards 2008
Welcome to the Explore Book Award Webpage!
The Explore Book Award is Wigan and Leigh’s very own children’s book
award. During the summer of 2007 we asked pupils from a selection of the
borough’s schools to help us determine the shortlists for the 2008
Explore Book Award.
We asked the children and young people involved in the process to let us
know what they thought about the books, and to give each of the books a
star rating, with five stars meaning the book was an absolute
no-escaping it, totally un-putdown-able, completely recommendable book!
Phew! So in other words, we wanted to know which books had the X factor.
How were the books on the shortlists picked?
For the 2008 Award, all the books had to have been published in between
1st August 2006 and the 31st July 2007, and publishers kindly submitted
the books for all the reviewers to read. Children and young people
across a number of primary and secondary schools were involved in the
selection process, and the feedback was so great that we decided to have
two shortlists. One is aimed at children, and the other at teenagers.
And the shortlisted books are…
So, we guess you’re keen to know what the books are, right? There are
posters promoting the books at schools and libraries across the borough,
and the books that we want you to read and then vote for are as follows:
How the voting works
We’re asking you to read the books on the shortlist that most appeal to
you and then to vote for your favourite.
You can pick up voting slips from your local library, and we promise you
that every vote really does count. The books have been selected based on
the views of children and young people within the borough, and it’s you
that will help to find the winner of the first ever Explore Book Award!
All votes must be registered by Friday 9th May 2008, so make sure that
you get your vote in on time! Every child and young person in our
borough gets a vote, and every vote can make a difference so don’t waste
your chance to have your say.
We are hoping that some of the authors of the two shortlists will be
able to visit our borough’s schools and libraries; when we find out more
about this, we’ll include the details on this website.
Is your school taking part?
All schools in the borough are eligible to take part in the Explore Book
Award. Ask your teachers if your school’s taking part, and that way you
can really get down to the business of finding the best book, wherever
you are! If you’re a teacher and would like more information about the
Explore Book Award, please call the Schools’ Library Service.
And the winning book is…
Well, we can’t tell you this! It’s up to you to decide which books will
win the 2008 Explore Book Award, so what’re you waiting for? Get reading
now, and cast you vote for the winner once you’ve found the book that
you know is the perfect, must-read book.
If you’d recommend it to your friends, why not recommend it to the whole
borough by voting for it?
|
Teen's
Shortlist
