Northborough Children's Book Award
What is the Northborough Children's Book Award (NCBA)?
NCBA is Northborough's very own kids' choice award program! Thanks to funding from the Northborough Education Foundation, the librarians from all four elementary schools and the public library get together to choose up to 10 recently published, diverse titles. Kids in grades 3 through 5 read at least 3 from the list of chosen titles, and then vote for their favorite!
Participation in NCBA does a lot of great things for kids:
- Exposes kids to literature they might not have read themselves.
- Creates community and excitement around reading with their friends, classmates and families.
- Give kids agency, which helps to build confidence.
- It's just plain fun!
2022 NCBA Titles
Here are the list of contenders for this year, and how you can get copies!
Blended by Sharon Draper
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
History Smashers: The Titanic by Kate Messner
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
How I Became a Spy by Deborah Hopkinson
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
Audiobook available in HOOPLA.
Jinxed by Amy McCullough
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
This book is available in HOOPLA as an eBook and Audiobook.
The Rise of Zombert by Kara LaReau
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales by SJ King
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
The Theory of Hummingbirds by Michelle Kadarusman
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
The Unicorn Rescue Society: Creature of the Pines by Adam Gidwitz
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
This book is available in SORA. Check with your child's library teacher for access.
2022 NCBA Book Trailers