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The Unit 5 Young Readers Book Award was established during the 2004-2005 school year by elementary librarians and literary resource specialists in Unit 5. This year, Unit 5 is pleased to announce that Bloomington District 87 has joined as partners, and the award has been renamed the Reading Unites Book Award.
Click this stack of books to see a list of the books nominated for the 2006-2007 Reading Unites Book Award!The Reading Unites Book Award Program encourages 4th and 5th grade students to read books from a selected list and to vote for their favorite titles. Nominated books are chosen for their excellence, age appropriateness, and ability to entice children to read for pleasure. Books on the list include selected titles from the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award list. 2006-2007 Reading Unites Book Award Nominees
Students must read at least 5 books from the Reading Unites list to be eligible to vote; one of the five books may be read aloud by a teacher or librarian. Voting takes place during the first week of April. For more information, contact your school's IMC.
Book Award Winners!
2007
2006
Stormbreaker
by Anthony Horowitz
2005
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
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