Special Thanks to Librarian Ms. Moore of The Garden City Elementary School Library in Cranston for creating and sharing this page! #LibrariansShareResources
Annually children in grades 3 to 5 have the opportunity to vote on their favorite book from a ballot of 20 selections nominated for the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award by a panel of librarians, reading specialists and teachers. Children vote as part of their class or with their local public library.
The votes are then counted from across the state, and each year one winner is chosen to win the RI Children's Book Award (RICBA).
For more information about the award, click the rooster logo above
Many of these books are available as ebooks via Destiny Discover. When you search for a book in RICAT, and we have an electronic version, you'll see the letter e next to the cover (bottom search result).
To check out the e-book using a computer, click on this link and then log in:
User Name: npfirstname.lastname
Example: npsusan.scanlon
Password: ask librarian
Search for the book and then click on the "Checkout" button to claim it.
To check out the e-book to a device like a phone or tablet, download the Destiny Discover app. NOTE: Any checkouts to your account will be available via all platforms.
2019: Sergeant Reckless
2018: Wish
2017: Sisters
2016: El Deafo
2015: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
2014: Wonder
All book summaries courtesy of Follett. If the title of a book is blue, you can click on it to watch a book trailer (we're missing A Pup Called Trouble, Inky's Amazing Escape, Margo and Mateo Save the World, Monster Mayhem, Solar System: Our Place in Space, and The Train of Lost Things).
You can print out this chart of book covers and keep track of which ones you've read or print out this book summary list.
AASL
V. A. 1: Reading widely and deeply in multiple formats and write and create for a variety of purposes.