Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice AwardGrades 3-8

Given by Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

91 Works 0 Books
The purpose of the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program is to promote reading of quality books by young people in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to encourage teacher / librarian show more collaboration in young adult and children’s literature, and to honor authors whose works have been recognized by the students of Pennsylvania. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (104), Nominee (1,759)
Categories:
All, Grades 3-5 (39), Grades 3-6 (419), Grades 3-8 (91), Grades 6-8 (458), Grades K-3 (470), Young Adult (282)
Years:
All, 1996 (30), 1995 (26), 1994 (35)

Winner 3

WorkYear
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg1996
The Giver by Lois Lowry1995
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka1994

Nominee 91

WorkYear
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg1996
Shadows of the Night: The Hidden World of the Little Brown Bat by Barbara Bash1996
Squashed by Joan Bauer1996
Jayhawker by Patricia Beatty1996
Untold Tales by William J. Brooke1996
What Hearts by Bruce Brooks1996
Whatever Happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney1996
Jennifer Murdley's Toad by Bruce Coville1996
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech1996
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman1996
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon by Paula Danziger1996
Hiawatha: Messenger of Peace by Dennis Brindell Fradin1996
Switching Well by Peni R. Griffin1996
Sable by Karen Hesse1996
Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes1996
School Spirit by Johanna Hurwitz1996
Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull1996
A Gathering of Garter Snakes by Bianca Lavies1996
Travel Far, Pay No Fare by Anne Lindbergh1996
The Brave by Robert Lipsyte1996
Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons1996
Baby by Patricia MacLachlan1996
At the Crack of the Bat: Baseball Poems by Lillian Morrison1996
The Boys Start the War (Boy/Girl Battle) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor1996
Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe by Susan Patron1996
Meet Addy: An American Girl by Connie Porter1996
The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear by Susan R. Shreve1996
Young Guinevere by Robert D. San Souci1996
Disappearing Bike Shop by Elvira Woodruff1996
Here There Be Dragons by Jane Yolen1996
The Giver by Lois Lowry1995
Steal Away by Jennifer Armstrong1995
Buried in Ice: The Mystery of a Lost Arctic Expedition by Owen Beattie1995
The Moon and I by Betsy Byars1995
Wanted...Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars1995
My Grandmother's Journey by John Cech1995
Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life by Molly Cone1995
The Great Elephant Chase by Gillian Cross1995
Just Like Martin by Ossie Davis1995
Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman1995
Monkey Island by Paula Fox1995
Teammates by Peter Golenbock1995
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn1995
Words of Stone by Kevin Henkes1995
Mama, Let's Dance by Patricia Hermes1995
Toning The Sweep by Angela Johnson1995
Harriet and the Promised Land by Jacob Lawrence1995
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? by Patricia C. Mckissack1995
The Prince of the Pond by Donna Jo Napoli1995
The King's Equal by Katherine Paterson1995
The River by Gary Paulsen1995
The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Prelutsky1995
Komodo! by Peter Sís1995
Stealing Home by Mary Stolz1995
The Star Fisher by Laurence Yep1995
The Pigman and Me by Paul Zindel1995
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka1994
The Fortune-Tellers by Lloyd Alexander1994
"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?" by Avi1994
Strider by Beverly Cleary1994
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo1994
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole1994
Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad1994
Talking With Artists: Volume 1 by Pat Cummings1994
Weasel by Cynthia DeFelice1994
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris1994
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! by Jean Fritz1994
Love Flute by Paul Goble1994
Helping Hands: How Monkeys Assist People Who Are Disabled by Suzanne Haldane1994
Sami and the Time of the Troubles by Florence Parry Heide1994
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse1994
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman1994
The Ballad of Belle Dorcas by William H. Hooks1994
Talking Walls by Margy Burns Knight1994
Attaboy, Sam! by Lois Lowry1994
Journey by Patricia MacLachlan1994
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. Mckissack1994
The Rag Coat by Lauren A. Mills1994
Reluctantly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor1994
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson1994
Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet1994
Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney1994
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold1994
Scared Stiff by Willo Davis Roberts1994
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant1994
Circles by Marilyn Sachs1994
The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy by Jon Scieszka1994
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote1994
The Last Princess : The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawai'i by Fay Stanley1994
The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg1994
Encounter by Jane Yolen1994

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