ORCA Winners and New Nominees

The Oregon Readers Choice Award winners have been announced!

Upper Elementary Division

Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

Middle School Division

Counting by 7s by Holly Sloan

High School Division

The Living by Matt de la Peña

Thanks to all who voted! The new line up of incredible nominees has also been announced. I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into these fabulous books. Are you? oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/2016-2017-orca-nominees/ 

Last day to vote for the ORCA is March 31

Calling all students in grades 4-12!  March 31st is the last day to vote for your favorite Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) book!  If you've read at least two books from your age category, you are eligible to vote!  Stop by the children's room at the library and visit the voting station.  We will then submit all ballots toward the statewide tally!

For more information about the ORCA 2016 nominees, visit: the ORCA Wordpress site.

Oregon Reader's Choice Award Winners Announced!

The winners for the ORCA book award were announced on April 17, 2015. 
In case you missed it, the winners are:

Upper Elementary:
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Middle School Division
Ungifted by Gordon Korman

Hig School Division:
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

2014 State Children's Choice Awards Announced!

The 2014 Oregon Reader's Choice Award and Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Awards have been announced!!!

In it's 4th year, the Oregon Reader's Choice Award (ORCA) is sponsored by the Children's Services Division and Oregon Young Adult Network, both divisions of the Oregon Library Association, the Oregon Association for School Libraries, the Oregon Reading Association, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association.  2635 students from across the state participated in the award in their grade division and voted for their favorite.  The results are:

Upper Elementary (Junior) Division:
Pie by Sarah Weeks

Middle School (Intermediate) Division:
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson

High school (Senior) Division:
Divergent by Veronica Roth


Now in it's 12th year, the 2014 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award goes to 8 Class Pets = 1 Squirrel (Divided by) 1 Dog = Chaos by Vivian Vande Velde.  The award is sponsored by the Oregon Association for School Libraries and is named after long-time Oregon resident and beloved author, Beverly Cleary.  The award is geared towards books at a 2nd and 3rd grade reading level.

Book Club Lotto Begins TODAY!

Have your kids liven up their reading by joining a book club!  We get together once a month to talk about a great book and enjoy related activities.  Meetings are held once a month on Tuesdays beginning in September.  Submit your child's name at the Children's Reference desk between August 2-30.  Participants will be selected by lottery on Saturday August 31st. 

We've got two great book groups to choose from!  The Kids Book Club is for kids in grades 1-3.  This group will be reading books from the 2013-14 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award Nominee List.  Super Readers is for kids in grades 4-6 and they will be reading books from the 2013-14 Oregon Reader's Choice Award Nominee List.

Enter the lottery TODAY!

Oregon Readers Choice Award Voting Time!

March is the month to vote for the 2013 Oregon Reader's Choice Award winner! Every year, members of the Oregon Library Association compile a list of great books for upper-elementary, middle school and high school readers. Students in grades 4-12 can vote for their favorites in each division. All they need to do is read at least two of the books in the division(s) they are voting for. Have your kids stop by the Children's or the Young Adult room t day to fill out a ballot voting for their favorite books from the list of nominees. We usually select ORCA nominees for our Super Readers and BookTRON book discussion groups, so if your progeny are part of either of those groups, they've read some of these books!

ORCA & BCCCA Winners Announced!

Many children and teens participated in reader's choice awards here at the library.  The results are in and here are the winners:

Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award:
Winner: Nubs, the True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle by Brian Dennis



Oregon Reader's Choice Award:
Junior Division--11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Intermediate Division--When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Senior Division--The Maze Runner by James Dashner