SUNSHINE STATE YOUNG READER

SUNSHINE STATE YOUNG READER'S AWARD PROGRAM

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The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program (SSYRA) is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program is cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME).

THE STATE SUNSHINE YOUNG READER'S AWARD WINNER

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to encourage students to read for personal satisfaction.
to help students in understanding, relating to, and enjoying life through experiences in literature.
to help students become discriminating readers in their personal selection of books.
to develop an awareness of good current literature for children and young people.
to encourage cooperation among administrators, library media specialist, and teachers in broadening reading experiences.
to give recognition to those who write books for children and young people.

Students in grades 3-5 participate. Students in 3rd grade who read 3 of the books and pass an Accelerated Reader test with 70% or better get to vote for their favorite author the last of March. Students in 4th-5th grades who read 3 of the books and pass an Accelerated Reader test with 80% or better get to vote for their favorite author the last of March. Students who read 7 or more books and pass the Accelerated Reader test with an will be invited to a Pizza Party in May. Special prizes will be given.
The 2008-2009 list for 3rd-5th grades is: littlesmilinsun.gif (1147 bytes)

Author	Title
Bauer, Marion Dane	The Blue Ghost
Clements, Andrew	No Talking
DeFelice, Cynthia	The Missing Manatee
DiSalvo, DyAnne	The Sloppy Copy Slipup
Dowell, Frances O'Roark	Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!: The First Experiment
Gorman, Carol and Ron J. Findley	Stumptown Kid
Graff, Lisa	The Thing about Georgie
Gutman, Dan	The Homework Machine
Haddix, Margaret Peterson	Dexter the Tough
Kehret, Peg	The Ghost's Grave
Lord, Cynthia	Rules
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds	Roxie and the Hooligans
Pennypacker, Sara	Clementine
Repka, Janice	The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco
Tolan, Stephanie	Listen!

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