Georgia Children's Book Awards  - Conference on Children's Literature
GCBA Conference  43rd Annual Conference on Children’s Literature  March 23 & 24, 2012    learn more
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GCBA - Georgia Children's Book Awards and Conference on Children's Literature
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
Several years ago, Mrs. Helen Ruffin, a library media specialist in DeKalb County, wanted to find a way to use the nominee books from the Georgia Children’s Book Awards to encourage her students to read. She therefore created a unique reading competition in game format, called the Reading Bowl, using the award nominees. Her vision was to have teams comprised of students from different schools compete to test their knowledge of the selected books.

Today, the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl is open to students in grades four through twelve across the state. The winning teams from the Divisional Bowls will meet at the 42nd Annual Conference on Children's Literature on March 5, 2011 for the State Championship of the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. For more information about the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl and how to get involved, click here.
 The Georgia Children's Book
 Award is sponsored by:
   The Department of Language &
       Literacy Education
   The College of Education
   The University of Georgia

 In partnership with:
   Georgia Department of Education