California School Library News
October 2015
The California Young Reader Medal (CYRM) program encourages recreational reading of popular literature among the young people of our state. Since its inception in 1974, millions of California children have nominated, read, and voted for the winners of the California Young Reader Medal. A book must be an original work of fiction published within the last five years by an author who is still living to be considered for nomination the following year. It is a two-year cycle, from the time of nomination by students to the presentation of the California Young Reader Medal to the winning authors. Books are nominated for the medal in five categories. Students may read and vote for books in any and all categories, but they MUST read all books nominated in a category to be eligible to vote. Students read the nominated books from July through March and vote for their favorites. Winning titles are announced in May.
The California School Library Association (CSLA) is one of the organizing sponsors of CYRM. School librarians and teachers throughout California promote this reading program. Ask your teacher or school librarian if he or she is participating in the program this year and if the school library has copies of the books available.
YOU could even volunteer to read a picture book a week to your child's class to help encourage participation and the joy of reading.
Primary (Grades K-2)
Creepy Carrots
Written by Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by Peter Brown
Published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2012
Dragons Love Tacos
Written by Adam Rubin
Illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
Published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012
Paul Meets Bernadette
Written & Illustrated by Rosy Lamb
Published by Candlewick Press, 2013
The Day the Crayons Quit
Written by Drew Daywalt
Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Published by Philomel, 2013
Count The Monkeys
Written by Mac Barnett
Illustrated by Kevin Cornell
Published by Disney-Hyperion, 2013
Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Wildwood
Written by Colin Meloy
Illustrated by Carson Ellis
Published by Balzer + Bray, 2011
True (...Sort of)
Published by Greenwillow Books, 2011
A Dog Called Homeless
Written by Sarah Lean
Published by Katherine Tegen Books, 2012
Middle School/Junior High (Grades 6-8)
Dogtag Summer
Written by Elizabeth Partridge
Published by Bloomsbury USA Children's, 2011
Doll Bones
Written by Holly Black
Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2013
Ghost Hawk
Written by Susan Cooper
Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2013
Young Adult (Grades 9-12)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Written by Ransom Riggs
Published by Quirk Books, 2011
Eleanor and Park
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Published by St. Martin's Griffin, 2013
Cinder
Written by Marissa Meyer
Published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, 2012
Picture Books for Older Readers (Grades 4 and up)
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
Written by H. Joseph Hopkins
Illustrated by Jill McElmurry
Published by Beach Lane Books, 2013
A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
Written by Matt de la Peña
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 2011
Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
Written by Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
Published by Disney-Hyperion, 2012
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