California Young Reader Medal

Awarded annually to outstanding fiction and picture books in five categories, and voted on by young California readers.

Filter Results by...

Are You A Cheeseburger?
Book - 2021 | First edition Winner, Primary, 2025
Nominees: Monica Arnaldo
STO JP Arnal
All copies in use. Availability details
I Must Betray You
Book - 2022 Winner, Young Adult, 2025
Nominees: Ruta Sepetys
YA Sepet
All copies in use. Availability details
New From Here
Book - 2022 | First edition Winner, Intermediate, 2025
Nominees: Kelly Yang
J FIC Yang
Available in some locations
The Blackbird Girls
The Blackbird Girls
The Blackbird Girls
Book Winner, Middle School/jr. High, 2025
Nominees: Anne Blankman
The Gardener of Alcatraz
The Gardener of Alcatraz
The Gardener of Alcatraz
Book Winner, Picture Books For Older Readers, 2025
Nominees: Emma Bland Smith
Across the Desert
Across the Desert
Across the Desert
Book Winner, Intermediate, 2024
Nominees: Dusti Bowling
Alone
Alone
Alone
Book Winner, Middle School/jr. High, 2024
Nominees: Megan E. Freeman
Chez Bob
Book - 2021 | First edition Winner, Primary, 2024
Nominees: Bob Shea
FAV JP Shea
Available in some locations
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
Book Winner, Young Adult, 2024
Nominees: Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones
The Elephants Come Home
The Elephants Come Home
The Elephants Come Home
Book Winner, Picture Books For Older Readers, 2024
Nominees: Kim Tomsic
1-10 of 132 items
Powered by BiblioCommons.
BiblioCore: app41 Version 9.33.0 Last updated 2025/11/03 17:09
[]
[]
To Top