The Kentucky Book Award

Guidelines

  1. Any adult may nominate a book for the KBA Master List. Teachers and Librarians throughout Kentucky are particularly encouraged to participate.
  2. Nominate as many titles as you want.
  3. Only those books published during the three years preceding the award year may be nominated.
  4. All books nominated should be of interest to students in grades K-12.
  5. The most recent Caldecott, Newbery, and other award winning titles are NOT automatically included on the Master List. Nominate these books if you deem them worthy.
  6. Titles previously included on a KBA Master List will not be eligible for the current list.
  7. Because many teachers and librarians use the KBA Master List for acquisition purposes, either provide a copy of the book to the ad hoc Master List committee or provide the following information for each title you nominate:
    • Title,
    • Author,
    • Illustrator,
    • Publisher,
    • Publication date,
    • Price,
    • Grade Range, and
    • Annotation.
  8. The Master List committee reviews and considers all nominations.
  9. All nominations must be received by March 15 of the award year.

The Master List committee attempts to achieve a variety in the list by including books from all the genres--poetry, realistic fiction, information books, fantasy, etc.

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updated: Tuesday, 08-Aug-2006 16:24:15 EDT