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“The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award is the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada. The award was established in 1940 by a Seattle bookseller, the late Harry Hartman, who believed every student should have an opportunity to select a book that gives her or him pleasure.
Nominations are taken only from the children, teachers, parents and librarians of the Pacific Northwest ~ Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and Alberta. Nominated titles were published three years previously, printed in the U.S. or Canada and are already favorites with the readers. Only 4th to 12th graders in the Pacific Northwest are eligible to vote. In March, 1999, over 56,000 young readers voted for this prestigious award.
Annual voting takes place March 15th through April 1st. Balloting results are sent to the State/Province YRCA Committee Representative. These are then sent on to the the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washinton.” From the Pacific Northwest Libarary Association Website.
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