[CASL-L] TOP SECRET 2018 NUTMEG NOMINEES!

[Polack, Lisa]

Happy Valentine's Day!
We love all our Connecticut Librarians and are happy to share with you today the TOP SECRET 2018 Nutmeg Nominees!

These lists are available to CONNECTICUT SCHOOL MEDIA SPECIALISTS and CONNECTICUT PUBLIC LIBRARIANS ONLY for planning and purchasing.

Please, PLEASE don't share it with the general public (students, parents, teachers, bookstores, salespeople who aren't sponsors, etc.) until MAY 1, 2017.

If you would like to see the list, please send an email to: nutmeg.book.award at gmail.com and you will receive an automatic response with a copy of the 2018 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, 2017. 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 2018 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 2018 books will NOT be listed on the website until May 1, 2017.

2017 Steering Committee Chair: Kari Hamad / khamad at lioninc.org

2018 Selection Committee Chairpersons
Selection Co-Chairs Elementary (grades 2-4)
Anne Porier / aporier at wallingfordschool.org and Katie Clancy / kfinlan at yahoo.com
Selection Co-Chairs Intermediate (grades 4-6)
Stefanie Bergstrom / sbergstrom at FPLCT.org and Meg Schiebel / mschiebel at coventryct.org
Selection Co-Chairs Teen (grades 7-8)
Dora Salm / dsalm at bcds.org and Marie Aspinwall / maspinwall at newcanaanlibrary.org
Selection Chair High School (grades 9-12)
JanMarie Weston / janmarie.weston at ct.gov

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/