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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Cross-posted. Please excuse duplication.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">2024 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards Voting closes November 10</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Next Tuesday, November 5 is Election Day, and Sunday, November 10 is the last day for Ohio students to cast
their votes for their favorite Buckeye Book Awards nominees! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Voting is open through November 10 at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://bcbookaward.info/"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">www.bcbookaward.info</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">How can you participate?
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Collect votes at your library or school</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">. Teachers and librarians
may collect student votes and submit them in bulk.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Set up a book display</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">. Showcase current nominees and
<a href="http://bcbookaward.info/childrens-previous-nominees/">past winners</a> in your spaces. You can also
<a href="https://bcbookaward.info/resources/">download and print posters and bookmarks</a> to promote the Buckeye Book Awards.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Promote the Buckeye Book Awards</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">. Post on your social media and
share in newsletters and announcements to encourage student votes.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lists of the nominated titles in each grade band are on the student and teacher/librarian ballots. All these
titles were nominated exclusively by Ohio students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Nominations are open year-round</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://bcbookaward.info/nominate/">Students can nominate books</a> for the Buckeye Book Awards at
any time. Any 2023 or 2024 published book not part of a previous winning series is eligible for the 2025 awards. Librarians and teachers can collate and submit their students' nominations. The more nominations for a book, the higher its chances to make the
final list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">About the Buckeye Book Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards, established in 1981, is Ohio’s readers’ choice award program for
students in grades K-12. It is proudly sponsored by the Ohio Educational Library Media Association, Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Ohio Library Council, the Kent State University School of Information, the Ohio Literacy Association, and
the State Library of Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">It's our young people, not adults, who make all the nominations and decide the winners. Let’s celebrate their
creativity and choices!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E3F75">Janet Ingraham Dwyer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E3F75">Youth Services Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E3F75">Library Programs & Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">State Library of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">614.644.6910<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jdwyer@library.ohio.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">jdwyer@library.ohio.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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