The Patricia Gallagher Book Award

What is the ORA Patricia Gallagher Book Award?
The award is a children’s choice award founded in 1997. It is named for Patricia Gallagher, a retired Western Oregon professor of children’s literature who is a former president of ORA. Gallagher is an active volunteer at the Monmouth Public Library and serves on the committee to choose the award finalists. It is the goal of the Oregon Reading Association, a professional organization of approximately 4000 members, to promote literacy and love of reading.

How are the books chosen?
A committee of ORA leaders, school librarians, public librarians, teachers, and school administrators review and select the books. The books must be available in paperback, be no more than four years old, hold an innate appeal to children, and have quality text and illustrations.

Who may vote?
Oregon school children of all ages.

When to vote?
Voting will occur between September 1, 2011 and May 1, 2012
Votes must be reported by May 1, 2012

Where to vote?
Voting may take place in any participating classroom, school library, or public library in the state of Oregon.

How to report votes?
Report votes by phone, mail or e-mail to Karen Antikajian
Mail: PO Box 259, Cheshire, OR 97419
Courier: Territorial Elementary, Junction City
Phone: 541-998-6584
Email: kantikajian@cvcable.com

For more information about the books,
examples of activity pages, information about ordering a 122-page packet
of ways to use the books to teach reading, writing, and art, or to download a ballot:
www.oregonread.org/gallagheraward12.html

To borrow a set of books,
contact the facilitator for your district

District	Gallagher Facilitators	School	Email
Eugene 4J	Priscilla Ing	McCornack	ing@4j.lane.edu
Springfield	Donna Ellickson	Douglas Gardens	donna.ellickson@springfield.k12.or.us
South Lane, Creswell and Pleasant Hill	Nanci Strickland	Bohemia	nanci.strickland@slane.k12.or.us
Junction City, CAL, Fern Ridge	Pam Nelson	Territorial	pnelson@junctioncity.k12.or.us
Siuslaw, Mapleton	Lynn Woodworth	Siuslaw Elem	lwoodwor@q.com
St. Paul, O’Hara	Sister Janet Marcisz	Retired	jmarcisz@efn.org
Other not listed	Karen Antikajian	none	kantikajian@cvcable.com