The State Library of Louisiana is excited to announce the winners of the 2022-2023 Louisiana Readers’ Choice Awards. Louisiana’s young people have read nearly 1.4 million books and cast 438,000 votes in the 24 years since the program began. Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Grades 3-5: Winner:Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator (Little Bigfoot, Penguin Random House) written by Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Jennifer M. Potter Honor:Swish! The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Hachette) written by Suzanna Slade, illustrated by Don Tate