Drop in the library from Oct. 28 through Nov. 4 to cast your ballot in our Elect to Read campaign! We’re celebrating the presidential election this year by running a slate of our favorite book characters. Any kids from preschool  through eighth grade can fill out a ballot. After the election, we’ll post the winners in each reading group.

Meet the candidates

For preschool through first-grade readers, the candidates are:

* The Pigeon 

* Skippyjon Jones

* Fancy Nancy

* Olivia

* Curious George

* The Cat in the Hat

For readers in second through fifth grade, the candidates are:

* Harry Potter

* The Baudelaire Orphans

* Junie B. Jones

* Captain Underpants

* Marvin Redpost

* Amber Brown

And, finally, the candidates on the sixth through eighth grade ballots are:

* Harry Potter

* The Baudelaire Orphans

* Alex Rider

* Artemis Fowl

* Princess Mia

Please only vote once!