2. The West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) is a readers’ choice award organised on a state wide basis for young readers.
3. WAYRBA aims to promote reading; to give recognition to those who read and write children’s literature; and to provide a focus for the mutual interest of those concerned with children and their literature.
4. WA Young Readers’ Book Award is modelled on similar programmes in the United States. In July 1979, the School Libraries Section (WA Group) of the Australian Library & Information Association appointed a subcommittee in to investigate the establishment of an award for Western Australia’s young readers. In March 1980, the WAYRBA was officially launched.
5. Organisation of Award The Award operates on two levels. Younger Readers and Older Readers Both public and school libraries throughout the state can participate.
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7. You will receive your beginning of the year newsletter either through the post or through your work courier. If you don’t receive your newsletter, it can find it at our website. http://wayrba.org.au/
8. There is merchandise you can purchase to help promote WAYRBA. Posters Stickers Book Marks
9. Every year we have a new poster. For the past two years, high school students have designed the posters.
12. You can also purchase bookmarks and coloured stickers. The stickers help identify the books on the current reading list. You can participate without purchasing merchandise.
13. The sale of the merchandise pays for the newsletters and postage as well as the costs involved in running the free Presentation Night.
14. Nominating a book for the reading lists. Books are nominated by students and can be sent to us at any time during the year.
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16. The nomination form needs your library’s name written on it before you photocopy the sheet.
17. Student readers complete the nomination form. We do appreciate that you double check the information and add your signature.
18. Nominations are kept for the following reading year. The committee checks that the books meet the criteria for the reading lists.
23. Send your votes to – Vote Coordinator WAYRBA PO Box 256 GUILDFORD WA 6935 You will find the address on our newsletters as well as on the bottom of the nomination and voting forms.
24. It helps us immensely if votes are sorted into alphabetical order by author. Please do not staple the votes together.
48. Current reading list Voting forms Nomination forms Order form Past winners Past reading lists Author links Book related activities On the website you will find -
