Get a head start on the 2011-2012 Nominees for the California Young Reader's Medal.
We'll be reading and voting on the nominated books for elementary grades.
PRIMARY (Grades K-3)





On Meadowview Street by Henry Cole. Greenwillow Books, 2007
Let's Do Nothing by Tony Fucile. Candlewick Press, 2009.
The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated by Florence Heide. Illustrated by Lane Smith. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009.
I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll. Illustrated by Howard McWilliam. Flashlight Press, 2009.
INTERMEDIATE (Grades 3-6)



Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth. Walker & Co., 2008.
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2008.
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass. Little, Brown & Co., 2008.
PICTURE BOOK FOR OLDER READERS (Grades 4 and up)



Goal! by Mina Javaherbin. Illustrated by A.G. Ford. Candlewick Press, 2010.
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Scholastic Press, 2007.
Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein. Illustrated by Ed Young. Little, Brown & Co., 2008.