The Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award is a children's read and vote book award. Its purpose is to encourage recreational reading among school age children in Minnesota. Students in grades 3-5 who have read or listened to at least three titles from the Division I nominee list are eligible to vote for the Maud Hart Lovelace Award. Students vote for a favorite title, then ballots are submitted to the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards by the end of March each year.