2016-2017
Students from 11 different international schools in our network cast almost 8,000 votes in total in the four categories of the 2016-2017 Red Dot Book Awards.
The Singapore-wide 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in the four categories are:
Early Years:
- 1st place: Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
- 2nd place: Aunt Amelia
- 3rd place: All the Lost Things
Younger Readers:
- 1st place: The Story of Diva and Flea
- 2nd place: Blamehounds
- 3rd place: Freddie Mole Lion Tamer
Older Readers:
- 1st place: The Thing About Jellyfish
- 2nd place: Secrets of Singapore
- 3rd place: Confessions of an Imaginary Friend
Mature Readers:
- 1st place: Nimona
- 2nd place: Boys Don't Knit
- 3rd place: Illuminae
RED DOT AWARD HOUSE COMPETITION - FRIDAY 28 APRIL
To culminate our focus on the Red Dot Book Award this year we are running a House competition with the Year 7s and 8s.
Below is the planning document for this competition:
GET INVOLVED WITH THE RED DOT AWARD CHALLENGES
The Red Dot student choice book awards is an annual event organized by international school librarians (ISLN) in Singapore.
From January through to May we will be focusing on this important literary event and centring many library activities around it in order to leverage the opportunities it provides to promote reading.
Criteria in choosing books:
- Mix of genres, e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic format
- Balance of boy/girl main characters
- Balance of nationalities
- Published (in English) within the last 4 years
- Preferably only #1 if in a series
- Preferably no repeat of an author from previous years
- Preferably books that encourage Text-Text, Text-Self, and/or Text-World connections for students (i.e., books worth talking about)