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Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award

The Louisiana Young Readers' Choice program was founded in 1999 with the first award given in 2000. Participation in this program has climbed from 5,485 votes the first year to over 29,000 students participating in 2009. The purpose of the program is to foster a love of reading in the children of Louisiana by motivating them to participate in the recognition of outstanding books. The lists are well-balanced selections of high-quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Now entering its 24th year, the program continues to encourage Louisiana’s youth to read for pleasure. The Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award is a reading enrichment program of the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library with additional support from the following sponsors:

 

2021-2022 LOUISIANA READERS' CHOICE WINNERS

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3-5th Grade
Winner: The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) written by Natascha Biebow, illustrated by Steven Salerno
Honor: Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team (HarperCollins Children's Books) written by Susan Hood and Pathana Sornhiran, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
 
6-8th Grade
Winner: New Kid (Quill Tree Books, HarperCollins) written and illustrated by Jerry Craft
Honor: Maybe He Just Likes You (Aladdin, Simon & Schuster) written by Barbara Dee
 
9-12th Grade
Winner: Two Can Keep a Secret (Delacorte Press, Penguin Random House) written by Karen M. McManus
Honor: With the Fire on High (Quill Tree Books, HarperCollins) written by Elizabeth Acevedo
 

2023-2024 LOUISIANA READERS' CHOICE NOMINATED TITLES

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PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS

Promotional materials, including posters, brochures, bookmarks, and seals for award books, are available free of charge while supplies last. Promotional materials may be ordered by downloading and filling out the LYRC Order Form or the LTRC Order Form and e-mailing the form to Megan Thomas, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or faxing to 225-342-3547. (As of September 27, 2022, materials are still available and are still being mailed.)

Any student who reads every title on their Louisiana Readers’ Choice Nominated list can receive a certificate of achievement signed by the State Librarian. 

If you have any questions regarding the program, please contact Youth Services Consultant, Megan Thomas at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 225-342-9716.

LOGO Click here for reproducible images of the LYRC SEAL black and white or color and the LTRC SEAL black and white only. You are welcome to use these logos to promote the LYRC program at your library or school.

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2015 LYRC 6-8 Study Guides and Additional Resources

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2015 6-8th Grade Title List Study Guides and Additional Resources


1. Anyway*: *A Story about Me with 138 footnotes, 27 exaggerations, and 1 Plate of Spaghetti by Arthur Salm

Study Guide

2. Believe: The Victorious Story of Eric LeGrand by Eric LeGrand

Publisher's Discussion Guide

Official Book Trailer

3. A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole by Carolyn Cinami Decristofano, illustrations by Michael Carroll

Study Guide

4. Buddy by M. H. Herlong

Publisher's Classroom Guide

Official Book Trailer

5. Cardboard by Doug TenNapel

Study Guide

6. Double by Jenny Valentine

         Study Guide

7. Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner

Publisher's Discussion and Teacher's Guide

Official Book Trailer

8. The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Publisher's Discussion Guide

Official Book Trailer

9. The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde

Publisher's Guide for Discussion and Classroom Use

Official Book Trailer

10. Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

Publisher's Discussion Guide

11. One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Publisher's 38 Page Teacher's Guide

Book Trailer

12. Small Medium at Large by Joanne Levy

Publisher's Discussion Guide

 

 

LYRC 2015 Study Guides 3-5th

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2015 Study Guides and Additional Resources for Grades 3-5

1. Bully by Patricia Polacco

Author site: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/index.htm

Study Guide

2. The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock

Study Guide from Publisher

3. Double Dog Dare by Lisa Graff

Study Guide

4. Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrations by E. B. Lewis

Study Guide

5. The Forgiveness Garden by Lauren Thompson

Study Guide

6. The Ghost Tree by Yvette Landry

Study Guide

7. Hocus Pocus Hotel by Michael Dahl

Study Guide

8. The Humming Room by Ellen Potter

Study Guide

9. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Study Guide from Publisher

Book site: http://theoneandonlyivan.com/

Official book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtPdqV2crQ0

10. Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School by Kim Baker, illustrations by Tim Probert

Study Guide

11. Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper by Ann Malaspina, illustrations by Eric Velasquez

Official teachers’ guide: http://www.albertwhitman.com/resources/BookResources/6/6/documents/teachers-guide.touchthesky.annmalaspina1.pdf

Official book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfnGE0ENTqA

Author site: http://www.annmalaspina.com/home.html

Illustrator site: http://www.ericvelasquez.com/

12. The World's Greatest Lion by Ralph Helfer, illustrations by Ted Lewin

Study Guide

13. Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Official book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgB7_KpBDss

Discussion questions: http://rjpalacio.com/for-teachers.html

Author / book site: http://rjpalacio.com/index.html

14. Words Set Me Free: the Story of Young Frederick Douglas by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrations by James E. Ransome

Study Guide

Official book trailer: http://animoto.com/play/pXkYd2ILNi8zZxJhhNq9gQ

Author site: http://www.lesaclineransome.com/index.html

15. Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom: Heroes in Training Series by Joan Holub

Study Guide

 

LYRC 2015 Program

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2015 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Program

Students read these titles during 2014 and vote by February 2015.

Downloadable 2015 Program Brochure (prints best with legal size paper)

Grades 3-5

Title List

Annotated 2015 Title List

Consideration List

Study Guides and Additional Resources

Regular PowerPoint (Updated 9/19/2014)

PowerPoint with Embedded Links to Videos (be sure to enable content, check that YouTube is not blocked and be sure you have installed all the Microsoft Office updates)

Grades 6-8

Title List

Annotated 2015 Title List

Consideration List

Study Guides and Additional Resources

Regular PowerPoint 

PowerPoint with Embedded Links to Videos (be sure to enable content, check that YouTube is not blocked and be sure you have installed all the Microsoft Office updates)

 

2014 LYRC 6-8th Grade Booktalks

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2014 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice
6-8th Grade Nominated Title List

BOOKTALKS

1. Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald
2. The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
3. Hidden by Helen Frost
4. How to Rock Braces and Glasses by Meg Haston
5. Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
6. Quarterback Season by Fred Bowen
7. The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
8. Silhouetted by the Blue by Traci L. Jones
9. Variant by Robison E. Wells
10. Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice
11. Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
12. A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull

 

3-5th Grade LYRC 2014 Booktalks

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2014 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice (LYRC)
Grades 3-5th, Nominated Title List

Booktalks

1. All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon.

2. America Is Under Attack: The Day the Towers Fell – September 11, 2001 by Don Brown

3. Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet

4. Bongo Fishing by Thatcher Hurd

5. Close to Famous by Joan Bauer

6. Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur

7. Escape by Night: A Civil War Adventure by Laurie Myers. Illustrations by Amy June Bates

8. The Incredible Life of Balto by Meghan McCarthy

9. Lots and Lots of Coins by Margarette S. Reid. Illustrations by True Kelley

10. Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero by Marissa Moss. Illustrations by John Hendrix

11. Olivia’s Birds by Olivia Bouler

12. The Secret Kingdom: Chronicles of the Red King, Book 1 by Jenny Nimmo

13. Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if You Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits. Illustrations by Michael Allen Austin

14. Trundle’s Quest by Allan Jones. Illustrations by Gary Chalk

15. Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan. Illustrations by Amy June Bates

 
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