Grand Canyon Reader Award

 This award is sponsored by the Arizona Library Association. 

This website is being updated for the 2024 award nominees.  Please be patient and check back for updates.  Thank you

And the 2023 winners are--

Picture Book: This is a Taco! by Andrew Cangelose

Nonfiction: Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extrarodinary Animals  by Katy Duffield

Intermediate: Guts by Raina Telgemeier

Tween: Becoming Muhammad Ali: a Novel by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander

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.

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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