Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award1997

Given by Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

48 Works 41,347 Books 1,378 Reviews ½ 4.0
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, 2024 (60), 2023 (59), 2022 (60), 2021 (60), 2020 (57), 2019 (60), 2018 (60), 2017 (60), 2016 (56), 2015 (60), 2014 (59), 2013 (60), 2012 (60), 2011 (60), 2010 (59), 2009 (59), 2008 (59), 2007 (60), 2006 (60), 2005 (45), 2004 (45), 2003 (45), 2002 (45), 2001 (53), 2000 (48), 1999 (43), 1998 (48), 1997 (48), 1996 (53), 1995 (47), 1994 (35), 1993 (37), 1992 (39)

Winner 3

WorkCategoryYear
Swamp Angel by Anne IsaacsGrades 3-61997
Heart of a Champion by Carl DeukerGrades 6-81997
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy RathmannGrades K-31997

Nominee 48

WorkCategoryYear
Swamp Angel by Anne IsaacsGrades 3-61997
Street Music: City Poems by Arnold AdoffGrades 3-61997
Bub: Or the Very Best Thing by Natalie BabbittGrades 3-61997
Night of the Gargoyles by Eve BuntingGrades 3-61997
Guests by Michael DorrisGrades 3-61997
Jacob's Rescue by Malka DruckerGrades 3-61997
The Big Bug Book by Margery FacklamGrades 3-61997
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing HahnGrades 3-61997
Skeletons: An Inside Look at Animals by Jinny JohnsonGrades 3-61997
Russian Girl: Life in an Old Russian Town by Russ KendallGrades 3-61997
The Iceman by Don LessemGrades 3-61997
Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara NicholGrades 3-61997
Pink and Say by Patricia PolaccoGrades 3-61997
Cleopatra by Diane StanleyGrades 3-61997
Never Take a Pig to Lunch and Other Poems About the Fun of Eating by Nadine Bernard WestcottGrades 3-61997
The Wave of the Sea-Wolf by David WisniewskiGrades 3-61997
Heart of a Champion by Carl DeukerGrades 6-81997
The Examination (Sunburst Book) by Malcolm BosseGrades 6-81997
Chevrolet Saturdays by Candy Dawson BoydGrades 6-81997
To the Top of the World: Adventures with Arctic Wolves by Jim BrandenburgGrades 6-81997
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanGrades 6-81997
Frozen Man by David GetzGrades 6-81997
Beardance by Will HobbsGrades 6-81997
Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me by Julie JohnstonGrades 6-81997
Owl In Love by Patrice KindlGrades 6-81997
Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis KlauseGrades 6-81997
White Lilacs by Carolyn MeyerGrades 6-81997
Freak the Mighty by Rodman PhilbrickGrades 6-81997
Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham SalisburyGrades 6-81997
Presidents by Martin W. SandlerGrades 6-81997
Others See Us by William SleatorGrades 6-81997
The Ramsay Scallop by Frances TempleGrades 6-81997
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy RathmannGrades K-31997
Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan BrettGrades K-31997
The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra DeedyGrades K-31997
Mule Eggs by Cynthia C. DeFeliceGrades K-31997
The Luckiest Kid on the Planet by Lisa Campbell ErnstGrades K-31997
Luka's Quilt by Georgia GubackGrades K-31997
Mary Ann by Betsy JamesGrades K-31997
The Girl Who Wore Snakes by Angela JohnsonGrades K-31997
Splash! by Ann JonasGrades K-31997
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King MitchellGrades K-31997
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin (Little Big Book) by Lloyd MossGrades K-31997
Mouse TV by Matt NovakGrades K-31997
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia PolaccoGrades K-31997
Tops and Bottoms by Janet StevensGrades K-31997
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan StoekeGrades K-31997
Prowlpuss by Gina WilsonGrades K-31997

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