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The Great Stone Face Book Award


2020 Great Stone Face Winner

The Great Stone Face Book Award is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th through 6th graders throughout the state.  In April, N.H. children vote for their favorite book from a list of 20 recently-published titles that are chosen by the Great Stone Face (GSF) Committee.  The purpose of the award is to promote reading enjoyment, to increase awareness of contemporary writing, and to allow children to honor their favorite authors.

For more information, the mission statement and selection criteria are available, and you can learn more about the GSF Committee if you are interested in joining.

The winner of the 2020 Great Stone Face Award was New Kid by Jerry Craft. Click here to find out the year’s full voting tally and what other titles were popular.

Nominees and Voting Materials

Click here to see the 2020-2021 selections.

The Great Stone Face Committee has created booktalks for each of the 2020-2021 nominees, which can be used or adapted. Click here for the booktalk text. You can also find videos for the booktalks here.

Since we are not sharing physical materials at this time, brochures and bookmarks will be made available at a later date.

Tips and Information for Teachers and Librarians

This information is intended to answer some of the questions that have been asked by public/school librarians and teachers, and to pass on some ideas that might help you to promote the GSF list in your library.

  1. You do not have to purchase all 20 titles.  Purchase what you can afford or what you want in your library.  Check with your local public library, which may have titles that you do not have, and encourage your students to visit their public library.
  2. Children should read the titles that are appropriate for their grade level or reading level.
  3. The GSF titles have recommended grade levels.  Since children read at varying levels, purchase titles that you feel the children can and will read.
  4. Create an eye-catching display in your library and promote the contest throughout the school year.  Put up a GSF poster near the GSF books display along with the GSF bookmarks.
  5. Have a special “Voting Day” at your school or public library during National Library Week in April.
  6. Have a “Battle of the Books” contest (by grade level) at your school.  The grade that has the most students reading a GSF title wins the contest.
  7. Chart the number of students who have read a GSF book and display it in your library or the classroom.  When students see what other students are reading, it may encourage them to read another book on the list.
  8. Encourage teachers to read a book in the classroom.
  9. Use the GSF titles as part of your school’s summer reading list.  Work with your public library to incorporate books for summer reading.
  10. For public librarians:  Contact your school librarians and encourage them to participate.  Let them know which titles you have available for check out at your library.  Arrange to visit the schools and do some booktalks.
  11. For school librarians and teachers:  Booktalk the titles to the students.  A booktalk will entice children to read the book.
  12. All GSF voting links, bookmarks, book talks and other information can be found on the CLNH website.
  13. Try not to make reading the GSF books an assignment.  The object is to promote recreational reading.

PAST WINNERS

Year                 Title                                                                                   Author

2019-2020     New Kid                                                                        Jerry Craft

2018-2019     The Trail                                                                           Meika Hashimoto

2017-2018     Ghosts                                                                                Raina Telgemeier

2016-2017     Roller Girl                                                                         Victoria Jamieson

2015-2016     El Deafo                                                                             Cece Bell

2014-2015     Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library                     Chris Grabenstein

2013-2014     Buddy                                                                                M.H. Herlong

2012-2013    Wonder                                                                               R.J. Palacio

2011-2012     Big Nate: In a Class by Himself                                   Lincoln Peirce

2010-2011     Murder at Midnight                                                       Avi

2009-2010    Swindle                                                                             Gordon Korman

2008-2009    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Journal      Jeff Kinney

2007-2008    Rules                                                                                  Cynthia Lord

2006-2007    The Ghost’s Grave                                                           Peg Kehret

2005-2006    The Legend of Spud Murphy                                        Eoin Colfer

2004-2005    City of Ember                                                                   Jeanne DuPrau

2003-2004    Loser                                                                                  Jerry Spinelli

2002-2003    Love that Dog                                                                  Sharon Creech

2001-2002     Because of Winn-Dixie                                                  Kate DiCamillo

2000-2001     Among the Hidden                                                         Margaret Peterson Haddix

1999-2000     Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone                      J. K. Rowling

1998-1999      101 Ways to Bug Your Parents                                    Lee Wardlaw

1997-1998      Frindle                                                                               Andrew Clements

1996-1997      Math Curse                                                                       Jon Scieszka

1995-1996      The Giver                                                                          Lois Lowry

1994-1995      Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus                 Barbara Park

1993-1994      Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher                            Bruce Coville

1992-1993      Shiloh                                                                                 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1991-1992       Number the Stars                                                           Lois Lowry

1990-1991      The Secret of the Indian                                                 Lynne Reid Banks

1989-1990     Matilda                                                                               Roald Dahl

1988-1989     Where the Red Fern Grows                                            Wilson Rawls

1983-1988     Superfudge                                                                         Judy Blume

1982-1983     The Mouse and the Motorcycle                                      Beverly Cleary

1981-1982      Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing                                  Judy Blume

1980-1981      Superfudge                                                                        Judy Blume

1979-1980      Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret                      Judy Blume

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Calendar

February 12, 2021
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    February 12, 2021  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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March 12, 2021
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April 9, 2021
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May 14, 2021
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    May 14, 2021  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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June 11, 2021
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    June 11, 2021  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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