Each year, media specialists across the state of Florida come together to choose 15 books they deemed worthy of a Sunshine State Young Reader Award. Students in grades 3-5 are encouraged to read these books.

This year's list is as follows:

A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer Lexile 820

A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff Lexile 750

Cabin on Trouble Creek by Jean Van Leeuwen Lexile 660

Christopher Mouse: the Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise Lexile 820

Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard Lexile 690

Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O'Connor Lexile 740

No Dogs Allowed by Bill Wallace Lexile 610

Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park Lexile 690

Say What? by Margaret Peterson Haddix Lexile 740

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo Lexile 700

The President's Daughter by Kimberley Bradley Lexile 590

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Spring by Betty Birney Lexile 790

Wildfire! by Elizabeth Hill Lexile 640

Whittington by Alan Armstrong Lexile 760

Worth by A. LaFaye Lexile 830

07-08 Florida Reading Association Books

Students in grades K-2 are encouraged to read the eight books chosen each year by the Florida Reading Association. This year's titles are:

Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet

Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor Lexile 420

The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst

This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt

Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler Lexile AD910

Moose Tracks by Karma Wilson

One More Sheep by Mij Kelly and Russell Ayto

What a Day it Was at School by Jack Prelutsky