Each Wins 28 Award Finalists to Donate to Local Charity

Every Child a Reader is proud to announce the 15 winners of the 2017 Children’s Book Week Contest. In celebration of the 98^th anniversary of Children’s Book Week, 705 libraries, schools, and bookstores were invited in May of this year to enter a national display contest around the theme of “One World, Many Stories.” In recognition of this award, the following 15 libraries, schools and indie bookstores will be giving 28 children’s books – one each of the 28 Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards  – to donate to a local charity of their choice.

The winning locations and their local charities:

Braselton Library, Braselton, GA – donating to Eagle Ranch

Chapters Books, Galax, VA – donating to Rooftop of Virginia

Copperfield’s, Petaluma, CA – donating to Mentor Me Petaluma

Creston Middle School. Indianapolis, IN – donating to special needs students at Creston Middle School (who assisted in creating the display)

Cub Run Elementary School, Penn Laird, VA – donating to the Cub Run school library

Hart County Public Library, Hartwell, GA – donating to The Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence

Juneau Public Library, Juneau, AK – donating to the Zach Gordon Youth Center and the AWARE Shelter

Little Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY – donating to the Ronald McDonald House and the upstate NY United Jewish Federation

Meridian Library District, Meridian, ID – donating to Family Advocates

Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN – donating to St. Paul City Schools

River Lights Bookstore, Dubuque, IA – donating to Multicultural Family Center

Roswell Public Library in Roswell, NM – donating to CFDY and Assurance Home

Square Books Jr., Oxford, MS – donating to Lafayette County Literacy Council

Treehouse Toys, Portland, ME – donating to Camp Sunshine

Wallkill Public Library, Wallkill, NY – donating to Orange Regional Medical Center

See all the display contest entry photos here.

See donation photos here.

Every Child a Reader is a 501(c)(3) literacy charity whose popular national programs include Children’s Book Week, the longest-running literacy initiative in the country; the Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards, the only book awards chosen by children and teens; and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature program, in partnership with the Library of Congress. Launched in 1919, Children’s Book Week will celebrate its 100^th anniversary in May 2019. Launched in 2008, the Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards are the only national book awards voted on only by kids and teens.

Contact: Shaina Birkhead, shaina.birkhead@cbcbooks.org