We won!!!

[dsjeffries]

Voted!  And my choice was "Are you my Mother?".  I loved that book when I was five!

[TURobY]

"I'll Love You Forever"

//voted

[MichaelC]

Thanks for voting folks.  As far as I can tell, the polls are still open.  

http://www2.firstbook.org/whatbook/index.php

[LisaPeace]

Just voted.  (And mine was "The monster at the end of this book" By "Grover")

[cannon_fodder]

quote:We are currently counting your votes. Check back August 1 for the announcement of the winning state plus a list of the Top 50 books to get readers hooked.

Translation:  there isn't enough publicity in letting Oklahoma win (who was leading all day yesterday), so we are "counting" the votes to figure out who should win.

I'm suspect.  "Counting" online votes involves looking at the screen.  What's more, IT IS AUGUST 1st!

[MichaelC]

Thanks folks.

http://www2.firstbook.org/whatbook/index.php




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[cannon_fodder]

I retract my previous conspiracy theory.  

Perhaps they just didn't believe there were that many literate people in Oklahoma and wanted to make sure no one stuffed the box?

[tulsa_fan]

That's great!

[restored2x]

How cool!

[restored2x]

How cool!

[MichaelC]

From KOTV

quote:OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Oklahoma is the winner in a national online contest to donate 50,000 books to kids. First Book is a national, nonprofit literacy organization. The group conducted the competition in June and July. Members of the public were allowed to vote once daily for the state they wanted to receive the books.

First Book officials say Oklahoma got about 34,000 votes of the 133,000 cast.

Dorling-Kindersley publishers donated 50,000 new volumes. Oklahoma organizations with literacy programs throughout the state have applied to distribute some of the books.

In second place was Nebraska, with 5,000 fewer votes than Oklahoma.

The contest marked First Book's 15th anniversary of operation and its 50 millionth book donation.

[Johnboy976]

Excellent. It's good to see our state in the news in such a positive manner... for once!