What is the Northborough Children's Book Award (NCBA)?
NCBA is Northborough's very own kids' choice award program! Thanks to funding from the Northborough Education Foundation, the librarians from all four elementary schools and the public library get together to choose up to 10 recently published, diverse titles. Kids in grades 3 through 5 read at least 3 from the list of chosen titles, and then vote for their favorite!
Participation in NCBA does a lot of great things for kids:
Here are the list of contenders for this year, and how you can get copies!
Print a copy of the NCBA 2023 Brochure, including a reading checklist.
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
Available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby.
Available as an eBook immediately on Hoopla.
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
Houdini and Me by Dan Gutman
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
Available as an eAudiobook on Libby.
How To Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Haranandani
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
Available as an eBook on Libby.
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
Available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby.
Maybe, Maybe, Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
Available as an eBook immediately on Hoopla.
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
Available as an eBook on Libby.
Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
The 500 Million Dollar Heist by Tom Sullivan
Place a hold in the library's catalog.
