This award is sponsored by the Arizona Library Association.

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The votes have all been counted! Here are the winners of the 2022 Grand Canyon Reader Awards.

Picture Book: Jasper and Ollie Build a Fort by Alex Willan
Nonfiction: Saving Fiona: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Baby Hippo by Thane Maynard
Intermediate: The Lifters by Dave Eggers
Tween: New Kid by Jerry Craft
 
Maricopa County Library Video on the Grand Canyon Reader Award.

Here are the 2023 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominees! 

Posters for the 2023 Nominees
From Follett
From Mackin
From Bound To Stay Bound
From PermaBound


The Grand Canyon Reader Award  is a reader award program for students in Arizona. Students vote annually on their favorite book in the following categories: Picture, Non-Fiction, Intermediate, and Tween.

Please see the previous winners page for voting totals and runner-ups. 

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 2025 nominees or have questions about the Grand Canyon Reader Award, please e-mail contact@grandcanyonreaderaward.org. To be on the committee it is recommended that you are a member of the Arizona Library Association.

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