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.

2009 List of Nominated Titles

Lesson Plans and other links for the 2009 Nominees

Picture | Non-fiction | Intermediate | Tween | Teen

"I Voted Sticker" (jpg)

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

Voter registration form (word doc) Student record sheet 2009 Intermediate 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 6/6/08kmw.