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

Browse Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award history.

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 Cross-year archive

2016

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2016 award year.

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Nominee

The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure

Cronin, Doreen

A Chicken Squad Adventure Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Apr-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Don't Play with Your Food

Shea, Bob

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dory Fantasmagory

Hanlon, Abby

Dory Fantasmagory Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Oct-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Gaston

DiPucchio, Kelly

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up

DiCamillo, Kate

Tales from Deckawoo Drive Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Little Red Writing

Holub, Joan

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Monkey Goes Bananas

Bloom, P.C.

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

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

Brown, Peter

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Princess in Black

Hale, Shannon

Princess in Black Series · Book 1 · Action Adventure

Oct-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

Barnett, Mac

Standalone · Action Adventure

Oct-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Three Bears in a Boat

Soman, David

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2015

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2015 award year.

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Winner

Dragons Love Tacos

Rubin, Adam

Dragons Love Tacos Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jun-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Bowling Alley Bandit

Keller, Laurie

Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jun-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Building Our House

Bean, Jonathan

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Chloe

McCarty, Peter

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Dark

Snicket, Lemony

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dragons Love Tacos

Rubin, Adam

Dragons Love Tacos Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jun-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Like Bug Juice on a Burger

Sternberg, Julie

Eleanor Series · Book 2 · General Fiction

Apr-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Lucky Ducklings

Moore, Eva

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild

Brown, Peter

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Papa's Mechanical Fish

Fleming, Candace

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Tales for Very Picky Eaters

Schneider, Josh

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Third-Grade Reading Queen

Mills, Claudia

Franklin School Friends Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jun-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Xander's Panda Party

Park, Linda Sue

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2014

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2014 award year.

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Winner

Creepy Carrots!

Reynolds, Aaron

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Captain Awesome to the Rescue!

Kirby, Stan

Captain Awesome Series · Book 1 · Action Adventure

Apr-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Chloe and the Lion

Barnett, Mac

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dog in Charge

Going, K.L.

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Each Kindness

Woodson, Jacqueline

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Joyce, William

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Mrs. Noodlekugel

Pinkwater, Daniel

Mrs. Noodlekugel Series · Book 1 · Science Fiction / Fantasy

Apr-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Olivia and the Fairy Princesses

Falconer, Ian

Olivia Series · General Fiction

Sep-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Penny and Her Doll

Henkes, Kevin

Penny Series · General Fiction

Sep-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus

Grandits, John

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2013

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2013 award year.

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Winner

Memoirs of a Goldfish

Scillian, Devin

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Dust Devil

Isaacs, Anne

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Ellray Jakes Is Not a Chicken!

Warner, Sally

Ellray Jakes Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

May-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World

Drummond, Allan

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace

Wight, Eric

Frankie Pickle Series · Book 3 · Action Adventure

Aug-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Little Red Pen

Stevens, Janet; Crummel, Susan Stevens

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Super Amoeba

Holm, Jennifer L.

Squish Series · Book 1 · Graphic Novel

May-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Trouble With Chickens

Cronin, Doreen

A J.J. Tully Mystery Series · Book 1 · Mystery

Mar-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Won Ton

Wardlaw, Lee

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2012

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2012 award year.

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Winner

Shark vs. Train

Barton, Chris

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Dessert First

Durand, Hallie

Dessert Schneider Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

May-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dino-Baseball

Wheeler, Lisa

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Here Comes the Garbage Barge!

Winter, Jonah

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Horace and Morris Say Cheese

Howe, James

Horace and Morris Series · General Fiction

Jul-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Let's Do Nothing!

Fucile, Tony

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

Grimes, Nikki

A Dyamonde Daniel Book Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

May-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Mount Rushmore Calamity

Brown, Jeff

Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

May-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

No More Teasing

Manushkin, Fran

Katie Woo Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Aug-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Pandas' Earthquake Escape

Perry, Phyllis J.

Standalone · Historical

Mar-2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Redwoods

Chin, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Ron's Big Mission

Blue, Rose; Naden, Corinne J.

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles

Lewis, J. Patrick

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework

Spiegelman, Nadja

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2011

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2011 award year.

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Winner

Chester

Watt, Melanie

Chester Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Bad to the Bone

Nolan, Lucy A.

Down Girl and Sit Series · Book 4 · General Fiction

Dec-2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Bats at the Library

Lies, Brian

A Bat Book Series · Book 2 · General Fiction

Sep-2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

A Book

Gerstein, Mordicai

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Goof-off Goalie

Hicks, Betty

Gym Shorts Series · General Fiction

Jun-2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Ivan the Terrier

Catalanotto, Peter

Standalone · Action Adventure

Sep-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The King's Taster

Oppel, Kenneth

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken

DiCamillo, Kate

Standalone · Action Adventure

Oct-2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed

Willems, Mo

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Red Sings from Treetops

Sidman, Joyce

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Tsunami!

Kajikawa, Kimiko

Standalone · Fantasy

Feb-2009 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2010

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2010 award year.

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Winner

Scaredy Squirrel

Watt, Melanie

Scaredy Squirrel Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Feb-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Annie and Snowball and the Dress-up Birthday

Rylant, Cynthia

Annie and Snowball Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

May-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Annie and Snowball and the Dress-up Birthday

Rylant, Cynthia

Ready-to-Read: Level 2 Series · General Fiction

May-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County

Harrington, Janice N.

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever

Frazee, Marla

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Help!

Keller, Holly

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

Deedy, Carmen Agra

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch

Kerby, Mona

Standalone · Historical

May-2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Queen of the World!

Holm, Jennifer L.

Babymouse Series · Book 1 · Graphic Novel

Jan-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Riding to Washington

Swain, Gwenyth

Tales of Young Americans Series · Historical

Jan-2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

There Is a Bird on Your Head!

Willems, Mo

Elephant and Piggie Series · General Fiction

Aug-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything

Broach, Elise

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2009

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2009 award year.

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Winner

The Great Fuzz Frenzy

Stevens, Janet; Crummel, Susan Stevens

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Cork and Fuzz

Chaconas, Dori

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Duck and Goose

Hills, Tad

Duck & Goose Series · General Fiction

Feb-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Fancy Nancy

O'Connor, Jane

Fancy Nancy Series · General Fiction

Dec-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Ivy + Bean

Barrows, Annie

Ivy + Bean Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Apr-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Library Lion

Knudsen, Michelle

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Little Red Hen

Pinkney, Jerry

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Perfect Nest

Friend, Catherine

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2007 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School

Sierra, Judy

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Shivers in the Fridge

Manushkin, Fran

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2008

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2008 award year.

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Nominee

Best in Show for Rotten Ralph

Gantos, Jack

Rotten Ralph (Readers) Series · Book 3 · General Fiction

Aug-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct

Willems, Mo

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Hello, Goodbye Window

Juster, Norton

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Hi! Fly Guy

Arnold, Tedd

Fly Guy Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Hi! Fly Guy

Arnold, Tedd

Scholastic Reader: Level 2 Series · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Lilly's Big Day

Henkes, Kevin

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2006 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Precious and the Boo Hag

McKissack, Patricia C. / McKissack, Pat

Standalone · Fantasy

Jan-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Thesaurus Rex

Steinberg, Laya

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2003 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2007

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2007 award year.

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Winner

Skippyjon Jones

Schachner, Judy

Skippyjon Jones Series · Book 1 · Action Adventure

Sep-2003 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Granite Baby

Bertrand, Lynne

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!

Beaumont, Karen

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

DiCamillo, Kate

Mercy Watson Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Mr. Maxwell's Mouse

Asch, Frank

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Wild About Books

Sierra, Judy

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Zen Shorts

Muth, Jon J.

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2005 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2006

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2006 award year.

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Nominee

Diary of a Worm

Cronin, Doreen

Diary Series · General Fiction

Aug-2003 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Holly Bloom's Garden

Ashman, Sarah; Parent, Nancy

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

How I Became a Pirate

Long, Melinda

Standalone · Action Adventure

Sep-2003 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

If I Were a Lion

Weeks, Sarah

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Mister Seahorse

Carle, Eric

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

My Lucky Day

Kasza, Keiko

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2003 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Toughest Cowboy

Frank, John

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

2005

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 results for the 2005 award year.

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Nominee

First Day in Grapes

Perez, L. King

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2002 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Jackalope

Stevens, Janet; Crummel, Susan Stevens

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2003 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!

Fleming, Candace

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2003 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Sissy Duckling

Fierstein, Harvey

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2002 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

A Story for Bear

Haseley, Dennis

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2002 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Grades K-3 nominee

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