STATE LIBRARY ANNOUNCES 2010 LA YOUNG READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

Students From Across the State Choose Their Favorites

Baton Rouge, LA – More than 29,000 students across the state in grades three through five and six through eight have chosen two books as winners of the 2010 Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award:

• “Marley: A Dog Like No Other” by John Grogan (HarperCollins Publishers, 2007) was the top choice of third, fourth and fifth graders.
• "Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by Jeff Kinney (Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007), received the most votes from middle school students in grades six, seven and eight. 

The second place winners, or Honor Books for 2010, were

• “The Lemonade Club” by Patricia Polacco (Penguin Group, 2007) for grades three through five and
• “Deep and Dark and Dangerous” by Mary Downing Hahn (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007) for grades six through eight.

 The list of nominees for 2011 is now available on the State Library’s website.

For additional information about the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award,

visit the State Library's website.