Every state has a children's choice book award.  Find out the titles of the current year's nominees and familiarize yourself with them.  When students visit the library during the first few weeks, introduce the books to them by showing each book and giving a brief synopsis (without giving away the story, of course!).  Read the books during library over the next several week (picture book nominees) and have the students vote after they have heard the stories.  For chapter book nominees, you may be able to read 1 or 2 in the library if your schedule permits.  Find out how many books students must read in order to vote and then promote the books so students will get started on them right away.  If possible, get
multiple copies of each title as these books take longer to read. 

When it is time to vote, I have a voting party for intermediate students.  Only students who have read the minimum number of books are allowed to attend the voting party.  When they come in, they cast their ballot first (I have a ballot box into which they place their ballots when finished voting).  I also give them a "I Voted" sticker that we made on the computer.  We have refreshments for them and then I have a trivia contest with questions from the various books.  Prizes for answering the questions include the books themselves, as well as pencils, notepads, balloons, etc.

It is fun to watch the students get excited about voting for books and I always stress to them that this is special because only kids get to vote for this award!  Enjoy!