The Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award is a children's choice book award.  Its purpose is to encourage recreational reading among school age children. 

Nominated titles are works of fiction of recognized quality selected by independent regional reading groups.

Students in grades 3-5 who have read or listened to at least three titles from the Division I nominee list and students in grades 6-8 who have read or listened to at least three titles from the Division II nominee list  are eligible to vote for the Maud Hart Lovelace Award.

Students vote for a favorite title in March, and ballots should be submitted to the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards by April 1st.

This year's winners and next year's nominees are announced by the MYRA executive board on Maud Hart Lovelace's birthday, April 25. The winning authors are invited to award presentations at the Minnesota Educational Media Organization's annual conference.

The books on the nominee lists are selected by the Maud Hart Lovelace Selection Committee. Criteria for selection include: books must be available in paperback as of February 1st of the selection year, author must live in North America, copyright must be within the last five years, must be work of fiction and not classified as a picture book.

The nominee lists are not intended to be an automatic recommendation of the books. Since selection policies vary, please apply your specific selection criteria to each title and purchase those titles that best meet the needs of your library or school.