Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2024-25 List for Grades 3-5
The Aquanaut by Dan Santat
The Big Sting by Rachelle Delaney
Bound for Home by Meika Hashimoto
The Cursed Moon by Angela Cervantes
Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
The Girl Who Built a Spider by George Brewington
The Grip by Marcus Stroman
Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord
Manatee Summer by Evan Griffith
Penny Draws: A Best Friend by Sara Shepard
Future Hero: Race to Fire Mountain by Remi Blackwood
The Shelterlingsby Sarah Beth Durst
Treasure in the Lake by Jason Pamment
The Ultimate Goal: The Good Sports League by Tommy Greenwald
When Sea Becomes Sky by Gillian McDunn
The Sunshine State Young Readers Award list for Junior Books 2024-2025
Mr. S: A First Day of School Book written and illustrated by Monica Arnaldo
Our Incredible Library Book written by Caroline Crowe and illustrated by John Joseph
Carina Felina written by Carmen Deedy and illustrated by Henry Cole
Rick the Rock of Room 214 written by Julie Falatko and illustrated by Ruth Chan
My Pet Feet written by Josh Funk and illustrated by Billy Yong
Got Your Nose written by Alan Katz and illustrated by Alex Willan
The Duck Never Blinks written and illustrated by Alex Latimer
Don’t Eat Bees: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog written by Dev Petty and illustrated by Mike Boldt
We Are Going to Be Pals written and illustrated by Mark Teague
Out of the Blue written by Robert Tregoning and illustrated by Stef Murphy
Independent Readers:
Henry Like Always written by Jenn Bailey and illustrated by Mika Song
The Greatest in the World written and illustrated by Ben Clanton
Evergreen written and illustrated by Matthew Cordell
Awesome Orange Birthday written by Mitali Ruths and illustrated by Aailya Jaleel
Worm and Caterpillar are Friends written and illustrated by Kaz Windness
