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      April 2021

Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program Booktalks 2022

Kindergarten – Grade 3

Charles, Tami.  FREEDOM SOUP
Dyckman, Ame.  DANDY
Ferry, Beth. FOX & RABBIT
Gomez, Rebecca J.  FEDERICO AND THE WOLF
Hopkinson, Deborah.  CARTER READS THE NEWSPAPER
Le, Minh. LIFT
Levis, Caron. THIS WAY, CHARLIE
Lord, Cynthia.   BORROWING BUNNIES : A SURPRISING TRUE TALE OF FOSTERING RABBITS
Maillard, Kevin Noble.  FRY BREAD : A NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILY STORY
Morris, Richard T. BEAR CAME ALONG
Muhammad, Ibithaj. THE PROUDEST BLUE : A STORY OF HIJAB AND FAMILY
Renaud, Anne. THE BOY WHO INVENTED THE POPSICLE : THE COOL SCIENCE BEHIND FRANK EPPERSON'S FAMOUS FROZEN TREAT
Singer, Marilyn. I'M THE BIG ONE NOW! : POEMS ABOUT GROWING UP
Sotomayor, Sonia. JUST ASK! : BE DIFFERENT, BE BRAVE, BE YOU
Zuill, Andrea. SWEETY

Grades 3-6

Andrus, Aubre. NUBBY'S STORY : THE TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE SPECIAL DOG BEAT THE ODDS
Barrows, Annie.  THE BEST OF IGGY
Bullion, Leslie. SUPERLATIVE BIRDS 
Carter, Ally. WINTERBORNE HOME FOR VENGEANCE AND VALOR
Fleming, Candace.  HONEYBEE : THE BUSY LIFE OF APIS MELLIFERA
Ford, Gilbert. HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLED : THE TRUE (AND NOT-SO-TRUE) STORIES OF THE INVENTION OF THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE
Kapit, Sarah. GET A GRIP, VIVY COHEN!
Marks, Janae.  FROM THE DESK OF ZOE WASHINGTON
Morris, Chad. WILLA AND THE WHALE
Paul, Miranda.  LITTLE LIBRARIES, BIG HEROES
Pyron, Bobbie. STAY
Souders, Taryn. COOP KNOWS THE SCOOP
Stoddard, Lindsey. BRAVE LIKE THAT
Tate, Don.  WILLIAM STILL AND HIS FREEDOM STORIES : THE FATHER OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Watson, Renee. WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE

 
 
Grades 6-8

Bajaj, Varsha. COUNT ME IN
Bildner, Phil. A HIGH FIVE FOR GLENN BURKE
Brown, India Hill. THE FORGOTTEN GIRL
Esplin, J. L.  96 MILES
Gibbs, Stuart.  CHARLIE THORNE AND THE LAST EQUATION
Hernandez, Carlos Alberto.  SAL & GABI BREAK THE UNIVERSE
Jamieson, Victoria. WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED
Jarrow, Gail.  SPOOKED! : HOW A RADIO BROADCAST AND THE WAR OF THE WORLDS SPARKED THE 1938 INVASION
Kim, Jessica.  STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG!
Messner, Kate.  CHIRP
Panteleakos, Nicole.  PLANET EARTH IS BLUE
Robinson, Sharon.  CHILD OF THE DREAM : A MEMOIR OF 1963
Smith, Ronald L.  GLOOM TOWN
Stone, Nic.  CLEAN GETAWAY
Valentine, Nicole.  A TIME TRAVELER'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY


Young Adult


Acevedo, Elizabeth. CLAP WHEN YOU LAND
Barnes, Jennifer. THE INHERITANCE GAMES
Deonn, Tracy.  LEGENDBORN
Deuker, Carl.  GOLDEN ARM
Gilbert, Kelly Loy.  PICTURE US IN THE LIGHT
Ha, Robin. ALMOST AMERICAN GIRL : AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR
Hesse, Monica. THEY WENT LEFT
Johnson, Leah. YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN
McManus, Karen M.  THE COUSINS
Morris, Brittney.  SLAY
Philippe, Ben.  CHARMING AS A VERB
Reynolds, Jason. STAMPED : RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU
Wiles, Deborah. KENT STATE
Yang, Gene Luen.  DRAGON HOOPS

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