2024 Winning Program
The NJ Center for the Book is pleased to announce the winners of the Miss Rumphius Award for 2024 – Valerie Munro, Media Specialist at Hillview Elementary School, Pompton Plains and Marissa Warren, Teen Services Librarian, Princeton Public Library, Princeton. Valerie Munro’s Bookwormy program is held six times a year, once for each grade level K-5 that is focused for each. It also invites parents to join the students in exploring the book that the class has read. The program uses a diversity of activities, including author readings, guest speakers on the book topic, games and crafts. The program is creative, entertaining and educational. It develops a love of reading for all ages.
Marissa Waren’s Teen Advocate program engages teenage volunteers in creating authoritative content on social media that promotes literacy, creativity, and community among peers. It increases digital literacy, connections with the library’s diverse collections, promoting new teen fiction and non- fiction through creating book reviews.
The Miss Rumphius Awards were given at the NJLA Conference on Thursday May 29th at Harrah’s at 6:30.
