Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Program

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 collaboration in young adult and children’s literature, and to honor authors whose works have been recognized by the students of Pennsylvania.

Please click the links below for more detailed information about the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Program.

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Website

Program Tools: Best Practices and Helpful Hints

Previous Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Winners

Thank You Letters from Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Winners

• The Monkey Goes Bananas by C.P. Bloom, 2016 winner (K-3)
• El Deafo by Cece Bell, 2016 winner (3-6)
• The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jenni Holm, 2016 winner (6-8)
• Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin, 2015 winner (K-3)
• Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz, 2015 winner (6-8)
• Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds, 2014 winner (K-3)
• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, 2014 winner (3-6)
• Chomp by Carl Hiaasen, 2014 winner (6-8)
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, 2014 winner (YA)
• Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian, 2013 winner (K-3)
• Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs, 2013 winner (3-6)
• Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper, 2013 winner (6-8)
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, 2013 winner (YA)