What is the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl?
This Reading Bowl is a unique reading competition in game format that uses questions from the current Georgia Children’s Book Award Nominee books and Georgia Peach Teen Readers’ Choice Awards. Mrs. Helen Ruffin, now a retired library media specialist of DeKalb County, created the concept for the competition. It was further nurtured and nourished by fellow DeKalb County library media specialists and has now grown to encompass the entire state of Georgia. A “grassroots” group of library media specialists in the DeKalb County School System worked hard with teachers, administrators, students and parents to begin and continue a countywide Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. From this county event, the competition has grown to a state competition now known as the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. The DeKalb County Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Steering Committee responsible for these events are chairperson Dr. Mary Thomas, Betty Beasley, Paige Camp, John Conti, Rosalind Dennis, Gwen Green, Karen
