[CASL-L] TOP SECRET 2017 NUTMEG NOMINEES!

[Polack, Lisa]

We know you've all been anxiously waiting. The TOP SECRET 2017 Nutmeg Nominee Lists are now available for purchasing & planning purposes!

These lists are available to CONNECTICUT SCHOOL MEDIA SPECIALISTS and CONNECTICUT PUBLIC LIBRARIANS ONLY. Please, PLEASE don't share it with the general public (students, parents, teachers, bookstores, salespeople who aren't sponsors, etc.) until MAY 1, 2016.

If you would like to see the list, please send an email to: nutmeg.book.award at gmail.com and you will receive a response with a copy of the 2017 Elementary, Intermediate, Teen and High School Nominees.

Thanks to all of you who do so much to make this award the amazing success it continues to be!

Please note that the Elementary list contains books available in hardcover, since they are intended as "shareable length titles." ALL the books for the other three levels will be available in paperback on or before May 1, 2016. Two of our major sponsors, Follett and Baker & Taylor, have received the lists and will do their best to have copies available for purchase orders.

The 2017 Selection Chairs want to thank all their committee members (more than 50 Connecticut Librarians and Media Specialists, plus student readers) for the intense hard work it took to read more than 350 well reviewed titles from which these lists were selected.

If you have any further questions, please contact the appropriate chairperson or visit the Nutmeg Book Award Website at http://nutmegaward.org  Please note that the 2017 books will NOT be listed on the website until May 1, 2016.

Selection Co-Chairs Elementary (grades 2-4)
Maureen Schlosser / mschlosser at colchesterct.org and Suzanne Hurley / hurleys at newtown.k12.ct.us
Selection Chair Intermediate (grades 4-6)
Kari Hamad / khamad at lioninc.org
Selection Chair Teen (grades 7-8)
Libby Mueller / libby at ejmueller.com
Selection Co-Chairs High School (grades 9-12)
Casey LaPlante / laplantec at granby.k12.ct.us and Melissa Lopes / mlopes at wlps.org

Sincerely,

Lisa Polack
Secretary, Nutmeg Book Award

About Us
The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 2-12 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles. Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL), the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations.For more information about Connecticut's state book award, the Nutmeg Award, please visit http://nutmegaward.org/