Promoting the Kentucky
Bluegrass Award Program
Michelle Lemmon,
Library Media Specialist
Model Lab School
Create a “KBA Shelf” or a
designated location for each
year’s current nominees.
KBA Shelf
KBA Shelf
Use scanned and printed
images of covers as
shadows for easy reference,
accessibility, and
advertisement (even when
the books are checked out).
Students can look on the same
shelf all through the year, and
year after year to always find a
current KBA book!
KBA Shelf
Label KBA Nominees and
Winners.
Labeling each nominee and
winner guarantees that the KBA
information is always available,
long after the year that the book is
a nominee or winner.
KBA
Award
Seals
identify
winners.
Spine labels
identify
nominees. The
Year, Grade
Level, and colors
can add
information.
Color Coding
Spine Labels
allows for
quick
recognition.
• Read the K-2 Grade
Nominees aloud to
all library classes.
• Use a “Visual Ballot”
for K-2 Voting, a
laminated page of
covers, with
erasable markersenough for a class.
Present book talks for
the Grades 3-5,
Grades 6-8, and/or
Grades 9-12, with
related information,
such as author web
sites presented, on
bookmarks or
handouts.
Bulletin Board Idea
Provide a
visual
representation
of each
nominee to
reference as
you read aloud,
present book
talks, or when
students vote.
Bulletin Board Idea
Display the
nominees
throughout the
year, and
especially
during special
events such as
Open Houses
and Literacy
Nights.
Add
summaries
of each title
beside each
scanned
cover
image.
Bulletin Board Idea
Display
the KBA
Winners.
And post
next
year’s
lists.
Collaboration:
• Encourage teachers to use the Master
Lists to assign Summer Reading and
Required Reading during the school year.
• Work with the Special Education
Department to purchase copies and/or
Recorded Books to use with students
during the summer then, put them in the
library collection for circulation during the
school year!