The Red Clover Book Award is Vermont’s children’s-choice picture book award created to honor excellence children’s literature. Vermont youth in grades K-4 read the 10 nominated books and vote for their favorite.

The Red Clover Book Award conference session takes place Tuesday, October 22, 2024, from 9:00-11:00am.

The conference is a celebration of readers and creators of children's literature. This year we invite students to watch the author presentations in libraries and classrooms across the state! The authors will speak directly to students and have asked us to encourage them to submit questions prior to the conference. Please submit student (and your own) questions for authors through this form by Thursday, October 17. If you plan to view the conference with a group of students, please indicate how many adults you anticipate will be in attendance. When you join the session please share in the chat how many students are in your group.

9-10:00am: Author Maria Gianferrari, who’s book Bobcat Prowling was the winner of the 2023-2024 Red Clover award, will discuss how nature inspires her and the research/inspiration behind Bobcat Prowling, including a reading of the book. Maria’s books celebrate urban ecosystems and the natural world around us and honor our bonds with creatures both domestic and wild. Maria’s most recent titles include Being a Cat: A Tail of Curiosity, You and the Bowerbird, Thank a Farmer, Fungi Grow and To Dogs, With Love.

10-11:00am: The Red Clover Book Award committee members will lead an exploration into the award nomination list, highlighting innovative and fun ways to promote and engage book award participation in schools and libraries.

Meeting information:

• The conference will be held on Microsoft Teams. The link and call-in information will be sent to registrants and can be found below.
• The author Keynote recording will be available for 30 days after the conference. The author and committee presentation recordings as well as the attendance certificate will be available after the conference on Niche academy. You will be asked to create a free account for Niche Academy if you have not done so before, and then will have access to recorded CE from the Department of Libraries as well as a large amount of training from other providers.
• Participants earn 2 CEUs, Elective category
• Important Note: The same Teams link will be used for all sessions but please register for each conference session separately:
  • Register for the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Session
  • Register for the Green Mountain Book Award Session

Microsoft Teams Meeting Information:

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 247 128 018 525

Passcode: 33H3Nh

Dial in by phone

+1 802-828-7667,,692421992# United States, Montpelier

Phone conference ID: 692 421 992#