Whether you prefer the traditional way of reading or the electronic method, or even listening to a book on audio, reading remains a novel experience.

The library is celebrating "Between the Covers" this summer to give all adults and young adults the opportunity to jump into the books of their choice — and have several opportunities to win prizes.

Adults and young adults can win prizes just by reading from June 4 through August 4. All you have to do is be at least 13 years of age and fill out a Book Review slip at the library for each book you read (or listen to).

The Blanchester Public Library Booklovers meets next at 7 p.m., June 7, in the library meeting room.

June title:
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett

A researcher at a pharmaceutical company, Marina Singh journeys into the heart of the Amazonian delta to check on a field team that has been silent for two years — a dangerous assignment that forces Marina to confront the ghosts of her past.

Library patrons now have access to free online courses offered by top universities such as MIT, Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins.

More than 3,000 courses are available, many featuring video lectures, materials and exams. The courses are arranged by subject and can be searched.

The courses are offered courtesy of the non-profit organization Statestats.org.

Charlotte's Web took the No. 1 spot among the 100 Greatest Books for Kids chosen by Scholastic's Parent & Child Magazine.

The classic book by E. B. White, celebrating its 60th anniversary, is "not only a treasured must of childhood (and a perennial Top Ten best-seller), but a Number One inspiration."

The 100 Greatest Books list is featured in the March issue of Parent & Child Magazine to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Read Across America Day (March 2), and the editors explain their composition of the list here.

Rounding out the Top 10 are: Goodnight Moon, A Wrinkle in Time, The Snowy Day, Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Green Eggs and Ham, The Diary of a Young Girl, The Giving Tree, and Frog and Toad are Friends.

The American Library Association has announced the major children's book award winners for 2012.

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos won the Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature, while A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka, received the Caldecott Medal, for most distinguished American picture book for children.

Also, Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley earned the Printz Award, for excellence in literature written for young adults; and author Susan Cooper received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults.

For more information on all the winners and other finalists, visit the Book Awards page on the American Library Association web site.

For the first time since 1977, there was no Fiction winner among the Pulitzer Prizes recently awarded in the letters and drama category.

Fiction finalists were Train Dreams by Denis Johnson, Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, and The Pale King by David Foster Wallace. None of the finalists received a majority of votes from the 18-member Pulitzer panel.

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable earned the prize for History; George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis was the Biography winner; Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith won for Poetry; and The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt won for General Nonfiction.

 All of this year's winners and nominees are available on the Pulitzer Prizes site .