Viva
Lake Las Vegas:
Celebrating Nevada's Diversity
NEVADA
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Annual
Conference
August 11-14, 2004
Henderson, NV
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2004
Contact: Jennifer Fabbi
Phone: 702-895-3884
NEVADA AUTHORS TO BE HONORED AT NEVADA LIBRARY CONFERENCE
Henderson, NV—The Nevada Library Association (NLA) has announced
the winners of its annual Nevada Young Readers’ Awards (NYRA),
who will be honored during the 58th Annual NLA Conference, being held
August 11 – 14, 2004, at the Hyatt Lake Las Vegas Resort.
The 2004 NYRA winners are:
Picture Book (Grades K-2) I Stink! by Kate McMullan and Jim McMullan (illustrator)
Young Reader (Grades 3-5) The Edison Mystery: Qwerty Stevens Back In Time by Dan Gutman
Intermediate (Grades 6-8) Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Young Adult (Grades 9-12) Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
Winning authors and illustrators are invited to the NYRA
Breakfast for the “Meet the Authors” program on Saturday,
August 14, 9:00 a.m., at the Hyatt Lake Las Vegas. The public is invited
to attend. To
reserve a ticket, please visit www.nevadalibraries.org. A limited number
of tickets will also be available at the door. This exceptional opportunity
to meet award-winning authors is open to all ages, and the audience will
get a question and answer session as well as an author signing immediately
following the awards breakfast.
The NYRA honor was begun in 1987 by the Nevada Department of Education
(NDOE) with the support of librarians and teachers. In 1990, NLA and
NDOE began jointly sponsoring the Award. NYRA titles are recommended
and voted on by students in Nevada. In 1987, 4,104 students from 16 schools
voted; by 2004, 30,423 voters from 243 schools and public libraries participated.
