VA Reads Book Award 

• The VA READS Award will be awarded to books voted upon by students of the state of Virginia from the VA READS lists. The winning books will be the book at each level with the most votes. 

• The VA READS Award will be presented at four levels.

  • Dogwood Picture Book

  • Tiger Swallowtail -ES Chapter Book (grades 3-5)

  • Foxhound - Middle School

  • Dominion -Young Adult

Committees

• There are four committees in VA READS and each committee has a chairperson.

• Picture Book Chairperson

• ES Chapter Book Chairperson

• Middle School Chairperson

• Young Adult (YA) Chairperson

Committee Members for the subcommittees

• All committee members must be members of VAASL in good standing.

• It is important that the committee members have an expertise with students and with books.  The committee will have a majority of members who are working school librarians. 

• A goal of VA READS is to have representation of librarians on the committees from a variety of VAASL regions.

• This is not a requirement and will not be a barrier to serving on the committees

• Meeting virtually will help achieve this goal, as travel will not be a barrier