Kids

Teachers, librarians, parents, publishers - they're all focused on you this week! Children's Book Week is the time to celebrate the amazing choices you have at the library and bookstore. From comics to mysteries, from magic to history...you can find anything between the pages of a book!

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Ideas for Celebrating Children's Book Week

  • Make your voice heard with the Children's Choice Book Awards! Voting opens mid-March every year. Children's Choice Book Awards are given to the winner in each age group at a gala ceremony in New York during Children's Book Week. See which of your favorites were chosen by kids like you as 2011 finalists and winners!

  • It doesn't need to be Book Week for you to find great books: the Children's Choices list is available all year round. Kids across the country pick their favorite books each year, and about 100 books make the cut. You can find the lists from other years here - come find out what other kids think are the best books of the past few years!

  • Come test your skills with our Children's Book Week puzzles!

  • Great authors have started a story... come help them finish the tale with our Story Starters!

  • Download the official Children's Book Week bookmark, or make your own charmed bookmark. Better yet, do both!

  • Tell your teacher or librarian to check out our page for teachers and librarians - they'll get great ideas there for how to celebrate Book Week in your school.

  • When you read a really great book, don't you want to make sure everyone knows about it? That's how Seth Cassel felt. That's why he started FLAMINGNET, a site where teens can tell other teens what they think about the books they read. Go read what they have to say, and find out how you can get involved!