Jen Arena

1 month ago | klax-tv.com | Jen Arena |Jessica Gibson |Emma Smith |Jenn Ely

BATON ROUGE, La. – More than 24,000 Louisiana K-12 students read in excess of 82,000 books during the last year to select the winners of the 2024-2025 Louisiana Readers’ Choice Awards. Participation in nearly all age group categories increased over last year, continuing an upward trend in readership over the past several years. Most significant was an 88 percent increase in voting among students in 6th through 8th grade.