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Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards Program Booktalks 2016

Kindergarten – Grade 3

Barnett, Mac.  SAM AND DAVE DIG A HOLE
Bloom, C. P.  THE MONKEY GOES BANANAS
Brown, Peter.  MY TEACHER IS A MONSTER! (NO, I AM NOT)
Cox, Lynne.  ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF THE SEAS
Cronin, Doreen.  THE CHICKEN SQUAD : THE FIRST MISADVENTURE
DiCamillo, Kate.  LEROY NINKER SADDLES UP
Hale, Shannon.  THE PRINCESS IN BLACK
Hanlon, Abby.  DORY FANTASMAGORY
Holub, Joan.  LITTLE RED WRITING
Lewis, J. Patrick.  POEM-MOBILES
O'Connell, Caitlin.  A BABY ELEPHANT IN THE WILD
Rosenstock, Barb.  THE NOISY PAINT BOX
Shea, Bob.  BUDDY AND THE BUNNIES IN DON'T PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD!
Soman, David.  THREE BEARS IN A BOAT

Grades 3-6

Armstrong, Kelley.  LOKI'S WOLVES
Bell, Cece. EL DEAFO
Burns, Loree Griffin.  HANDLE WITH CARE : AN UNUSUAL BUTTERFLY JOURNEY
Engle, Margaret.  MOUNTAIN DOG
Isaacs, Anne.  MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH
Lord, Cynthia.  HALF A CHANCE
Martin, Ann M.  RAIN REIGN
Mass, Wendy.  SPACE TAXI : ARCHIE TAKES FLIGHT
Ringwald, Whitaker.  THE SECRET BOX
Scieszka , Jon.  FRANK EINSTEIN AND THE ANTIMATTER MOTOR
Segel, Jason.  NIGHTMARES!
Sidman, Joyce.  WINTER BEES AND OTHER POEMS OF THE COLD
Skerry, Brian. THE WHALE WHO WON HEARTS : AND MORE TRUE STORIES OF ADVENTURES WITH ANIMALS
Sutherland, Tui.  THE MENAGERIE
Woods, Brenda.  THE BLOSSOMING UNIVERSE OF VIOLET DIAMOND

Grades 6-8

Alexander, Kwame.  THE CROSSOVER
Auxier, Jonathan.  THE NIGHT GARDENER
Bausum, Ann.  STUBBY THE WAR DOG : THE TRUE STORY OF WORLD WAR I'S BRAVEST DOG
Bracken, Beth.  WISH
Bradley, F. T.  CODE NAME 711
Gephart, Donna.  DEATH BY TOILET PAPER
Haskell, Merrie.  THE CASTLE BEHIND THORNS
Holm, Jennifer L.  THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH
Hurwitz, Michele Weber.  THE SUMMER I SAVED THE WORLD IN 65 DAYS
Milford, Kate.  GREENGLASS HOUSE
Pelletier, Cathie.  THE SUMMER EXPERIMENT
Philbrick, W. R.  ZANE AND THE HURRICANE : A STORY OF KATRINA
Schrefer, Eliot.  THREATENED
Snyder, Maria V.  STORM WATCHER
Stone, Tanya Lee.  COURAGE HAS NO COLOR

Young Adult

Colbert, Brandy.  POINTE
Fleming, Candace.  THE FAMILY ROMANOV : MURDER, REBELLION, AND THE FALL OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA
Han, Jenny.  TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE
Knapp, Andrew.  FIND MOMO : MY DOG IS HIDING IN THIS BOOK
Koryta, Michael.  THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD
Lockhart, E.   WE WERE LIARS
Lu, Marie.  THE YOUNG ELITES
McHugh, Laura.  THE WEIGHT OF BLOOD
Nelson, Jandy.  I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN
Niven, Jennifer.  ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES
Reedy, Trent.  IF YOU'RE READING THIS
Sundquist, Josh.  WE SHOULD HAND OUT SOMETIME : EMBARRASSINGLY, A TRUE STORY
Talley, Robin.  LIES WE TELL OURSELVES
Vlahos, Len.  THE SCAR BOYS
Whaley, John Corey.  NOGGIN


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