The Grand Canyon Reader Award (formerly the Arizona Young Reader Award) is a reader award program for students in Arizona. Students vote annually on their favorite book in the following categories: Picture Book, Non-Fiction, Intermediate and Teen (which will be a voting optional category). For more information on the award and helpful links, see below. For questions, please e-mail kerrlita@cox.net.

Kerrlita Westrick and Shirley Berow are the Co-chairs of the Grand Canyon Reader Award Committee. If you are interested in becoming a member of the selection committee for the 2010 nominees, please e-mail me at kerrlita@cox.net and I will send you information and contact names. Anyone that is a member of the Arizona Library Association or Arizona Reading Association may be on the committee.

Grand Canyon Reader Award Supplies

We now have a small amount of supplies you can order-- they include pencils, bookmarks, winner labels and nominee labels.

Please click above for the order form.

2009 List of Nominated Titles

Lesson Plans and other links for the 2009 Nominees

Picture | Non-fiction | Intermediate | Tween | Teen

Battle of the Books Questions for Intermediate Books

Picture Book Ballot (word doc)

Ballot to submit votes for school (word doc)

"I Voted Sticker" (jpg)

2009 GCRA Spine labels for Demco 10 x 10 (pdf)

Voter registration form for students (word doc)

Student record sheet 2009 Intermediate books(word doc) Student records sheet 2009 tween books (word doc)

2009 Booksmarks: Picture | Non-fiction | Intermediate | Tween | Teen

Logos to Download (all jpg files) Large Horizontal Logo, Horizontal Logo, Vertical Logo, Spine Label (Color)
Large Horizontal Logo, Horizontal Logo, Vertical Logo, Spine Label (B&W)

Webmaster, Kerrlita Westrick, Grand Canyon Reader Award co-chair

Last update 9/20/08kmw.