Invite the youth in your library, Classroom, or Store to vote!
Why should you encourage your students or patrons to participate??
- The CBSA nominated books are a wonderfully diverse collection of recently published YA books.
- Colorado students nominated these books. Kids listen to kids.
- Voting empowers your students or patrons.
The poster below explains the CBSA year.
For the 2024-2025 CBSA, Voting is Open Feb 3- April 3.
- If you are a teacher and you want your whole class to vote, we hope you will show your students the student-made book-talks and have them vote either by a show of hands or allowing each one to hand in one of the ballots below. Tally your totals and send them to the Partners in literacy email: pil2011@partnersinliteracy.org by 4:00 Thursday April 3.
- If you are a teacher and you want your students to have the opportunity to vote individually, but do not want them to use their phones, put out the poster, individual ballots and an envelope to place the ballots. (If you have access to any of the books, put the out too.) Tally your totals and send them to the Partners in Literacy email: pil2011@partnersinliteracy by 4:00 Thursday, April 3.
- If you are a teen or youth librarian and you want your patrons to have an opportunity to vote individually on their phones, put out the poster and they can follow the QR code to watch the book talks and vote.
The information below is for the Readers’ Choice Award for the 2023-2024 school year. the 2024-2025 Readers’ Choice Award posters and ballots.
Formerly, the CBSA committee asked students to read at least three books before they voted. Our goal is to introduce these books to your students. The award can support you in your library, store or classroom goals. (You are invited to put the conditions on the award that work for you.) Students can vote for a book because they want to read it; they do not necessarily need to have read any of the books.
Below are some ways that teachers and librarians have connected their students with the award.
- Amanda Pollard, a high school ELA teacher at University Schools in Greeley, took just a few moments to make a voting station in her classroom. (See photo below.)
- Kate Gallagher, a middle school language arts teacher at William (Bill) Roberts School, took all her students to the library where the librarian and Kate talked up the nominated books. Everyone in Kate’s 7th and 8th grade classes voted.
- Kimberly Esbenshade, librarian at McAuliffe International School, is making a Google form that she is embedding in her students’ Schoology account. The kids who wish to, will vote on the Google form and Kim will tally and submit the votes.
- Phoebe Sacks, public librarian, set up a voting station in various branch libraries in Denver.
If you have questions or comments, email Julie at pil2011@partnersinliteracy.org.