Young Hoosier Book Awards First begun in 1974, the Young Hoosier Book Award exists to encourage recreational reading in Indiana students. The Award Committee then selects twenty nominees for each category.
Students take part in the process by reading a certain number of the books on the list.
In April the students vote for their favorite book. Votes are then tallied and the winning illustrator and authors are presented the award at the annual AIME spring conference the following year. Their names are added to the list of winners spanning from 1975 to the present. To help in this endeavor, the Carmel Clay Public Library Children s Department has a special shelving unit where each year s nominees can be found. This section is on the left as you enter the Children s Department.