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The California
Young Reader Medal Program
The California Young Reader Medal 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.
The CYRM program
is sponsored by four statewide organizations committed to books and
reading: California Association of Teachers of English (CATE), California
Library Association (CLA), California
Reading Association (CRA) and California
School Library Association (CSLA). A committee of representatives
from each organization coordinates CYRM activities at the state level.
The committee develops a promotional packet about the program, which
includes all materials needed to participate: ballots, nomination forms,
and nominee lists.
Young people
suggest the names of favorite books for nomination, or teachers and
librarians note repeatedly read or requested titles, and these are
submitted to the California Young Reader Medal Committee. Members of
the committee read the suggested books, discuss their merits and appeal
to children, and decide upon a well balanced list of nominees. 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.
Recommendations for nomination are due each year by April 1 for consideration
as a nominee 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 (and illustrators in the Primary
category).
Books are nominated
for the medal in four categories: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-6),
Middle School/Junior High (6-9), and Young Adult (9-12). 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 favorite.
Teachers and librarians introduce the nominees to students, often in
exciting and innovative ways. They provide ballots for the students,
compile vote totals, and submit results to the CYRM committee. All
CYRM ballots are due by April 1 of each year. Winning titles are announced
in May.
The authors (and
illustrators in the Primary category) of the winning books receive
their California Young Reader Medal awards at special ceremonies held
annually at the state conferences of each sponsoring organization.
Local students are selected to present the CYRM bronze medals to the
winners.
The interest
in and enthusiasm for the nominated books shown by the young readers
of California clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of the California
Young Reader Medal program in achieving its goal: their introduction
to the enjoyment of reading purely for pleasure.
Additional information
and a promotional packet may be obtained by calling the California
Reading Association at 714-435-1983
1996 Winners
Primary
Category
Stellaluna -Janell Cannon
Intermediate
Category
Time For Andrew: A Ghost Story -Mary Downing Hahn
Middle School/Junior
High Category
Freak The Mighty -Rodman Philbrick
Young Adult
Category
Shadow of the Dragon -Sherry Garland
1997 Nominees - and Winners
Primary
Category
The Bee Tree -Patricia Polacco
Chato's Kitchen -Gary Soto, illustrated by Susan Guevara
The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down -Paul Brett Johnson
Don't Fidget A Feather! -Erica Silverman, illustrated
by S. D. Schindler
Owen -Kevin Henkes
Intermediate
Category
The Best School Year Ever -Barbara Robinson
Jennifer Murdley's Toad -Bruce Coville
The Light on Hogback Hill -Cynthia DeFelice
Middle School/Junior
High Category
Sparrow Hawk Red -Ben Mikaelsen
Steal Away Home -Lois Ruby
Titanic Crossing -Barbara Williams
Young Adult
Category
Deliver Us From Evie -M. E. Kerr
In The Middle of the Night -Robert Cormier
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes -Chris Crutcher
1998 Nominees and Winners
Primary
Category
Hog-Eye -Susan Meddaugh
Piggie Pie -Margie Palatini
Dog Breath -Dav Pilkey
Down The Road -Alice Schertle, illustrated by E. B. Lewis
Math Curse -Jon Scieszka
Intermediate
Category
Poppy -Avi
The Fear Place -Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Junkyard Dog -Erika Tamar
Middle School/Junior
High Category
The Watsons Go to Birmingham -Christopher Paul
Curtis
Running Out of Time -Margaret Haddix
Who's There? -Stephanie Tolan
Young Adult
Category
Thwonk -Joan Bauer
Flash Fire -Caroline B. Cooney
Ironman -Chris Crutcher
1999 Nominees and Winners
Primary
Category
Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Buehner, pictures by Mark Buehner, Dial Books
for Young Readers, 1996
Livingstone Mouse by Pam Edwards,
illustrated by Henry Cole, HarperCollins, 1996
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow Books, 1996
Nine for California by Sonia Levin, illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith,
Orchard Books, 1996
Mrs. Morgan's Lawn by Barney Saltzberg, Hyperion Books for Children,
1993
Intermediate
Category
Family Tree by Katherine Ayers, Delacorte Press, 1996
The13th Floor: A Ghost Story by
Sid Fleischman, illustrated by Peter Sis,Greenwillow Press, 1995
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996
Middle School/Junior
High Category
Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson, Lodestar Books, 1996
The Fire Pony by Rodman Philbrick, Blue Sky Press, 1996
Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham
Salisbury, Delacorte Press, 1994.
Young Adult Category
California Blue by David Klass,
Scholastic, 1994
The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen
Randle; Scholastic, 1995
Far North by Will Hobbs, Morrow Junior Books, 1996
2000 Nominees and Winners
Primary
Category
Lost, written and illustrated
by Paul Brett Johnson, Orchard, 1996
Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice, written by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova and
illustrated by Robert Roth, Antheneum, 1997
Meanwhile, written and illustrated by Jules Feiffer, Harpercollins,
1997
Saving Sweetness, written by Diane Stanley and illustrated by G. Brian
Karas, Putman, 1996
The Secret Shortcut, written and illustrated by Mark Teague, Scholastic,
1996
Intermediate
Category
Frindle, written by Andrew Clements and illustrated by Brian Selznick,
Simon & Shuster, 1996
Riding Freedom, written by Pam
Munoz Ryan and illustrated by Brian Selznick, Scholastic, 1999
Utterly Yours, Booker Jones, written by Betsy Duffy, Puffin, 1997
Middle School/Junior
High Category
Ella Enchanted, written by Gail
Carson Levine, Harper Trophy, 1998
Lone Wolf, written by Kristine Franklin, Candlewick Press, 1998
Voices of Silence, written by Bel Mooney, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998
Young Adult
Category
Alias, written by Mary Elizabeth Ryan, Aladdin, 1998
Breaking Boxes, written by A.
M. Jenkins, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998
The Dark Side of Nowhere: A Novel, written by Neal Shusterman, Tor,
1999
2001 Nominees
and Winners
Primary
Category
A Bad Case of Stripes, written and illustrated by David Shannon, SCHOLASTIC,
1998
Grandpa's Teeth, written and illustrated by
Rod Clement, HARPERCOLLINS, 1998
The Lost and Found, written and illustrated by Mark Teague, SCHOLASTIC,
1998
Mailing May, written by Michael O. Tunnell and illustrated by Ted
Rand, Greenwillow, 1997
Raising Dragons, written by Jerdine Nolen and illustrated by Elise
Primavera , HARCOURT BRACE,
1996
Intermediate
Category
Gib Rides Home, written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, DELACORTE, 1998
The Great Turkey Walk, written by Kathleen Karr, FARRAR, 1998
Honus
and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure, written by Dan Gutman, AVON, 1997
Middle School/Junior
High Category
Among the Hidden, written by Margaret Peterson
Haddix, SIMON & SHUSTER, 1998
P. S. Longer Letter Later, written by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin,
SCHOLASTIC, 1998
Sasquatch, written by Roland Smith, HYPERION, 1998
Young Adult
Category
Armageddon Summer, written by Jane Yoken and
Bruce Coville, HARCOURT BRACE, 1998
If You Come Softly, written by Jacqueline Woodson, PUTMAN, 1998
Whirligig, written by Paul Fleischman, HOLT, 1998
2002 Nominees and Winners
Primary
Category
Cook-a-Doodle-Doo, written by Janet Stevens. harcourt Brace, 1999
Hooway for Wodney Wat,
by Helen Lester. Houghton Mifflin, 1999
Horace & Morris but Mostly Dolores, by James Howe. Antheneum,
1999
Mr. Tanan's Ties, by Mary Ann Cocca-Leffler. Whitman, 1999
Wolf!, by Becky Bloom. Orchard, 1999
Intermediate
Category
Flying Solo, by Ralph Fletcher. Clarion, 1998
Million Dollar Shot,
by Dan Gilman. Hyperion, 1997
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise. Avon, 1998
Middle School/Junior
High Category
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key,
by Jack Gantos. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998
Sammy Keyes & the Sister of Mercy by Wendelin Van Draamen
The skin I'm In by Sharon Flake. Hyperion, 1998
Young Adult
Category
Adventures of Blue Avenger, by Norma Howe. Holt, 1999
Bad, by Jean Ferris.
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 1998
Rules of the Road, by Joan Bauer. Putnam, 1998
Picture
Books for Older Readers Category
Nim and the War Effort by Milly Lee. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997
Thank You, Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco. Philomel, 1998
Weslandia, by Paul
Fleischman. Candlewick, 1999
2003 Nominees and Winners
Primary
Category
Child, Lauren, I Will Never, Not Ever Eat
a Tomato, Candlewick, 2000
Cronin, Doreen, Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type, Simon & Schuster,
2000
Lin, Grace, The Ugly Vegetables, Charlesbridge, 1999
Saltzberg, Barney, The Soccer Mom from Outer Space, Crown, 2000
Thomas, Shelley, Good Night, Good Knight, Dutton, 2000
Intermediate
Category
DiCamillo, Kate, Because of Winn Dixie,
Candlewick, 2000
Hill, Kirkpatrick, The Year of Miss Agnes, Simon & Schuster, 2000
Ibbotson, Eva, Island of the Aunts, Dutton, 2000
Middle School/Junior
High Category
Mikaelsen, Ben, Touching Spirit Bear,
HarperCollins, 2001
Ryan, Pam Munoz, Esparanza Rising, Scholastic, 2000
Weeks, Sarah, Guy Time, HarperCollins, 2000
Young Adult
Category
Anderson, Laurie, Speak, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999
Bauer, Joan, Hope Was Here, Putnam, 2000
Peters, Julie Anne, Define “Normal, Little
Brown, 2000
Picture
Books for Older Readers Category
Adler, David, The Babe and I, Harcourt
Brace, 1999
Johnson, D. B., Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, Houghton Mifflin, 2000
Woodson, Jacqueline, The Other Side, Putnam, 2000
2004 Nominees
and Winners
PRIMARY
Bruss, Deborah, Book! Book! Book!, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001
Choi, Yangsook, The Name Jar, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
Creech, Sharon, A Fine, Fine School, HarperCollins,
2001
Ryan, Pam Muñoz, Mice and Beans, Scholastic, 2001
Winthrop, Elizabeth, Dumpy La Rue, Henry Holt, 2000
INTERMEDIATE
Creech, Sharon, Love That Dog, HarperCollins, 2001
Clements, Andrew, The School Story, Simon & Schuster,
2001
Park, Linda Sue, Kite Fighters, Clarion Books, 2000
MIDDLE
SCHOOL/JR. HIGH
Anderson, Laurie Halse, Fever 1793, Simon & Schuster, 2000
Korman, Gordon, No More Dead Dogs, Hyperion, 2000
Van Draanen, Wendelin, Flipped, Knopf, 2001
HIGH
SCHOOL
Crutcher, Chris, Whale Talk, Greenwillow Books, 2001
Namioka, Lensey, Ties That Bind, Ties That Break, Delacorte
Press, 1999
Wittlinger, Ellen, Razzle, Simon & Schuster, 2001
PICTURE
BOOK FOR OLDER READERS
Deedy, Carmen Agra, The yellow star : the legend of King Christian X of
Denmark, Peachtree, 2000
McKissack, Patricia, Goin' Someplace Special, Atheneum, 2001
Stevens, Janet, And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon,
Harcourt, 2001
2005 Nominees
PRIMARY
(K-2)
Blabber Mouse by True Kelley, Dutton Books, 2001
Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett, Putnam, 2002
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon, Scholastic, 2002
" Let's Get a Pup!" said Kate by Bob Graham, Candlewick Press, 2001
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, Atheneum, 2002
INTERMEDIATE
(3-5)
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech, Joanna Cotler, 2002
Secret School by Avi, Harcourt, 2001
When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep, HarperCollins, 2001
MIDDLE
SCHOOL/JR. HIGH (6-8)
Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez, Houghton Mifflin Co, 2001
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan, HarperCollins, 2002
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements, Philomel Books, 2002
YOUNG
ADULTS (9-12)
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes, Dial Books, 2002
Of Sound Mind by Jean Ferris, Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2001
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, Philomel Books, 2001
PICTURE
BOOK FOR OLDER READERS (All Ages)
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles, Atheneum, 2001
Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco, Philomel, 2001
Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges, Chronicle Books, 2002
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