Students across Manitoba are busily reading MYRCA-nominated titles right now. An award ceremony in the fall welcomes hundreds of students to celebrate the winner and two honour books. The program is promoted across the province, and in April any student who has read at least 3 of the titles may vote for his or her favourite. Each year 15–18 Canadian titles are chosen to appeal to children in grades 5–8. The Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, or MYRCA, was begun in 1990 by the Manitoba School Library Association to promote reading among an age group that too often loses interest in books. Today’s featured program is the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award. Pajama Party would like to highlight those invaluable programs and people that are promoting reading among Canadian kids today. Canada is home to a vibrant community of writers, publishers, librarians, booksellers, teachers, young people, and children’s book advocates of all kinds. Many of us involved with children’s books would like to refute that. Lately there has been a good deal of pessimism about the future of the publishing industry.
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