YOUNG HOOSIER BOOK AWARD

THE PURPOSE

The purpose of the Young Hoosier Book Award Program is to stimulate recreational reading among elementary and middle school/junior high school children and to encourage cooperation between administrators, school media specialists, teachers, public libraries, and the community in providing reading experiences for Indiana school children.

THE HISTORY OF YHBA

Student participation in pleasure reading was the thrust of the Young Hoosier Book Award (YHBA) program at its inception during the 1974-75 school year. By allowing students to vote for their favorite books, media professionals hoped that more students could be motivated to read newly published books. E.B. White’s Trumpet of the Swan was chosen as the first winner by 4,681 students. Each vote cast locally is counted at the state level.

Compliments of the ILF website: http://www.ilfonline.org/Programs/YHBA/program.htm

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