Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Grades K-3

Awards List

2016

Little Red Writing
(Nominee)
Joan Holub

Don't Play with Your Food
(Nominee)
Bob Shea

The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

The Monkey Goes Bananas
(Nominee)
P.C. Bloom

Three Bears in a Boat
(Nominee)
David Soman

Gaston
(Nominee)
Kelly DiPucchio

My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

Dory Fantasmagory
(Nominee)
Abby Hanlon

The Princess in Black
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
(Nominee)
Mac Barnett

2015

Dragons Love Tacos
(Winner)
Adam Rubin

Tales for Very Picky Eaters
(Nominee)
Josh Schneider

Chloe
(Nominee)
Peter McCarty

Dragons Love Tacos
(Nominee)
Adam Rubin

Building Our House
(Nominee)
Jonathan Bean

Lucky Ducklings
(Nominee)
Eva Moore

The Dark
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

Like Bug Juice on a Burger
(Nominee)
Julie Sternberg

Bowling Alley Bandit
(Nominee)
Laurie Keller

Papa's Mechanical Fish
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

Third-Grade Reading Queen
(Nominee)
Claudia Mills

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
(Nominee)
Peter Brown

Xander's Panda Party
(Nominee)
Linda Sue Park

2014

Creepy Carrots!
(Winner)
Aaron Reynolds

Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus
(Nominee)
John Grandits

Captain Awesome to the Rescue!
(Nominee)
Stan Kirby

Chloe and the Lion
(Nominee)
Mac Barnett

Mrs. Noodlekugel
(Nominee)
Daniel Pinkwater

Dog in Charge
(Nominee)
K.L. Going

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
(Nominee)
William Joyce

Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
(Nominee)
Ian Falconer

Penny and Her Doll
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Each Kindness
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

2013

Memoirs of a Goldfish
(Winner)
Devin Scillian

Dust Devil
(Nominee)
Anne Isaacs

Won Ton
(Nominee)
Lee Wardlaw

Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World
(Nominee)
Allan Drummond

The Trouble With Chickens
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

The Little Red Pen
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Ellray Jakes Is Not a Chicken!
(Nominee)
Sally Warner

Super Amoeba
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace
(Nominee)
Eric Wight

2012

Shark vs. Train
(Winner)
Chris Barton

Ron's Big Mission
(Nominee)
Rose Blue; Corinne J. Naden

Redwoods
(Nominee)
Jason Chin

Dessert First
(Nominee)
Hallie Durand

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

The Mount Rushmore Calamity
(Nominee)
Jeff Brown

Horace and Morris Say Cheese
(Nominee)
James Howe

No More Teasing
(Nominee)
Fran Manushkin

Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles
(Nominee)
J. Patrick Lewis

Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework
(Nominee)
Nadja Spiegelman

Here Comes the Garbage Barge!
(Nominee)
Jonah Winter

Pandas' Earthquake Escape
(Nominee)
Phyllis J. Perry

Let's Do Nothing!
(Nominee)
Tony Fucile

Dino-Baseball
(Nominee)
Lisa Wheeler

2011

Chester
(Winner)
Melanie Watt

Ivan the Terrier
(Nominee)
Peter Catalanotto

Goof-off Goalie
(Nominee)
Betty Hicks

Bats at the Library
(Nominee)
Brian Lies

Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

Bad to the Bone
(Nominee)
Lucy A. Nolan

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Tsunami!
(Nominee)
Kimiko Kajikawa

A Book
(Nominee)
Mordicai Gerstein

Red Sings from Treetops
(Nominee)
Joyce Sidman

The King's Taster
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

2010

Scaredy Squirrel
(Winner)
Melanie Watt

Queen of the World!
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
(Nominee)
Janice N. Harrington

Annie and Snowball and the Dress-up Birthday
(Nominee)
Cynthia Rylant

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

There Is a Bird on Your Head!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Help!
(Nominee)
Holly Keller

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
(Nominee)
Elise Broach

Riding to Washington
(Nominee)
Gwenyth Swain

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
(Nominee)
Marla Frazee

Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch
(Nominee)
Mona Kerby

2009

The Great Fuzz Frenzy
(Winner)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Cork and Fuzz
(Nominee)
Dori Chaconas

Fancy Nancy
(Nominee)
Jane O'Connor

Duck and Goose
(Nominee)
Tad Hills

Ivy + Bean
(Nominee)
Annie Barrows

The Little Red Hen
(Nominee)
Jerry Pinkney

Library Lion
(Nominee)
Michelle Knudsen

The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

The Shivers in the Fridge
(Nominee)
Fran Manushkin

The Perfect Nest
(Nominee)
Catherine Friend

2008

Thesaurus Rex
(Nominee)
Laya Steinberg

Precious and the Boo Hag
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

The Hello, Goodbye Window
(Nominee)
Norton Juster

Best in Show for Rotten Ralph
(Nominee)
Jack Gantos

Hi! Fly Guy
(Nominee)
Tedd Arnold

Lilly's Big Day
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

2007

Skippyjon Jones
(Winner)
Judy Schachner

Wild About Books
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
(Nominee)
Frank Asch

Zen Shorts
(Nominee)
Jon J. Muth

Granite Baby
(Nominee)
Lynne Bertrand

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
(Nominee)
Karen Beaumont

Mercy Watson to the Rescue
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

2006

Diary of a Worm
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

How I Became a Pirate
(Nominee)
Melinda Long

My Lucky Day
(Nominee)
Keiko Kasza

If I Were a Lion
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

Holly Bloom's Garden
(Nominee)
Sarah Ashman; Nancy Parent

Mister Seahorse
(Nominee)
Eric Carle

Toughest Cowboy
(Nominee)
John Frank

2005

The Sissy Duckling
(Nominee)
Harvey Fierstein

A Story for Bear
(Nominee)
Dennis Haseley

First Day in Grapes
(Nominee)
L. King Perez

Jackalope
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

2004

The Other Side
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

The Monster Who Ate My Peas
(Nominee)
Danny Schnitzlein

2002

A Bad Case of Stripes
(Winner)
David Shannon

2001

No, David!
(Winner)
David Shannon

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
(Nominee)
Alison Jackson

10 Minutes till Bedtime
(Nominee)
Peggy Rathmann

Come on, Rain!
(Nominee)
Karen Hesse

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
(Nominee)
Simms Taback

I Lost My Bear
(Nominee)
Jules Feiffer

Hooway for Wodney Wat
(Nominee)
Helen Lester

Thank You, Mr. Falker
(Nominee)
Patricia Polacco

2000

The Adventures of Captain Underpants
(Winner)
Dav Pilkey

1999

No More Water in the Tub!
(Winner)
Tedd Arnold

1998

Buz
(Winner)
Richard Egielski

1997

Officer Buckle and Gloria
(Winner)
Peggy Rathmann

1996

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
(Winner)
Eugene Trivizas

1995

Martha Speaks
(Winner)
Susan Meddaugh

Award Categories

Grades 3-5

Grades 3-6

Grades 3-8

Grades 6-8

Grades K-3

Young Adult

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