School Participation
Photo submitted by M. McCorvy at St. Mary's in Orange, Texas.
Congratulations!
** Congrats to our 3 July winners! **
Allyson in Bryan, TX
Colleen in Georgetown, KY
Nichole in Hartsburg, IL
**Congrats to our August winner: Marie in Miles City, MT! Her school won 2 titles from this year's list**
Be sure to share with friends to sign up.
Feel free to send pictures of your class or library showcasing Lectio books and we will share them on our website and social media. Please do not include faces of students, instead feel free to put a happy face emoji instead. 😀
Fill in this simple form to register and we will email you label templates, details about the program, and the link for students to vote when voting opens in March.
Benefits of registering for the Lectio Book Award:
Students can vote for their favorite book
Receive communications and updates
One school that has students vote will receive a free book from the 2024-2025 list to help start their Lectio collection for the following year (details to come)
Random giveaways
Did we mention it's free?!?
Follow us on Twitter @LectioBookAward or Instagram @lectiobookaward for additional announcements, resources and giveaways
Please contact lectioba@gmail.com for information about registration.
Read a great book? Let us know! Librarians, teachers, students, and parents are encouraged to submit books for Lectio consideration. Please go to our Suggest a Book! page and fill out the form.
Important Dates:
May- March: Promote this school year’s list
Late March: Students vote for favorite book
April 1: Voting ballots due. Schools are welcome to vote locally after this date, but will not be counted in the International voting contest.
April/May: Celebrate students’ participation in The Lectio Book Award Reading Program
April/May: Upcoming school year’s list announced
School Celebrations:
Each school is welcome to determine their own levels of promotion and celebration as appropriate for their school community. Some choose to offer participation rewards, while others simply offer the list as suggested list of “good books.” Participants are expected to act accordingly for their respective organization.
Suggested Reward Level:
5 books – Voting for favorite book
10 books – Certificate + voting
15 books – Party, certificate, + voting
20 books – Medal, party, certificate, + voting
Suggested Rewards:
Voting
Certificates
Party – Pizza, Ice Cream, Movie in the Library, etc.
Medals
T-Shirts
Book Giveaways (ARCs, duplicate copies of Lectio books, discounted book fair buys)
The yearly Lectio Book Award Nominee List is a list of suggested reading titles for grades 4th-8th and level of participation is determined by each individual entity. Not all books are for all readers and participants are expected to act accordingly for their respective organization. The only requirement we have is that in order to vote, the entity is registered and the voting student must have read 5 books from the current list.