State Award Reading List
Florida State Reading Lists
Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award
2011 - 2012 Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award Nominees
Grades Pre-K - 2
Christian, the Hugging Lion
By: Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Illustrated by: Amy June Bates
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: April 27, 2010
Ages: 4 - 8
When John and Ace found a lion cub for sale at Harrods, they knew that a department store was no place for a lion. They took him home, named him Christian, raised him and loved him--and in the process, Christian became a...
What's in the Egg, Little Pip?
By: Karma Wilson
Illustrated by: Jane Chapman
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: December 21, 2010
Ages: 3 - 7
A new egg has just arrived, and Little Pip's parents are so excited! They tell Pip that this new change will soon make their family "just right"--but Little Pip isn't so sure. She thinks their family is already just right, and...
Other Formats: eBook
Sunshine State Young Reader Award
2011 - 2012 Sunshine State Young Reader Award Master List
Grades 3 - 5
Extra Credit
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
It isn’t that Abby Carson can’t do her schoolwork. She just doesn’t like doing it. And in February a warning letter arrives at her home. Abby will have to repeat sixth grade—unless she meets some...
Out of My Mind
By: Sharon M. Draper
This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: above 10
Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most...
Grades 6 - 8
Out of My Mind
By: Sharon M. Draper
This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: above 10
Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most...
Alibi Junior High
By: Greg Logsted
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date: August 9, 2011
Ages: 10 - 14
Now in paperback, the son of a secret agent takes on his hardest mission: junior high.Thirteen-year-old Cody Saron has been “home schooled” his whole life by his father, whom he believes is an undercover agent for...
