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Sunshine State Books Grades K-2 2024-2025

Sunshine State Young Reader Award Books for Grades K-2

Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative

15 items

  • Rick

    the Rock of Room 214

    Falatko, Julie,
    Rick the rock lives on the Nature Finds shelf in Room 214. But he has dreams of adventuring in the great outdoors, only to learn that friendship may be the best adventure.
    Book, 2022New York, New York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2022] — E FIC FALATKO
  • Don't Eat Bees

    (life Lessons From Chip the Dog)

    Petty, Dev,
    Are you a dog in need of advice? Fear not: Chip the dog is ON IT. Chip is seven; he knows things. Like what to eat (important papers, the fancy bird the humans cooked for the fancy dinner, Grandpa’s teeth), and what not to eat (bees).
    Book, 2022New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, [2022] — E FIC PETTY
  • Two spud siblings face off in a series of epic challenges to prove who is the greatest potato.
    eBook, 2022Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022
  • In this world, only blue is allowed. But what happens when a boy decides that yellow is his favorite color?
    Book, 2023New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2023. — E FIC TREGONIN
  • Henry, a boy on the autism spectrum, likes everything about school especially the predictability. So when his teacher announces there will be a parade on Friday, he must learn to adjust and cope.
    eBook, 2023Chronicle Books LLC, 2023
  • Can you make a duck blink? Probably not. But you can try, in this hilarious staring contest between you and a duck that never, ever blinks.
    Book, 2023New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023. — E FIC LATIMER
  • When a kindergarten class arrives for the first day at school, they are greeted only by the words "Mr. S" on the chalkboard and a delicious-looking sandwich, resulting in mayhem as the kids wonder if the sandwich is their teacher.
    Book, 2023New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. — E FIC ARNALDO
  • Priya starts a party-planning business to help save the planet — one party at a time!
    Book, 2023New York : Scholastic Inc., 2023. — J FIC RUTHS
  • Worm and Caterpillar are friends—best friends. Worm loves how they are just alike, but Caterpillar has a feeling there is a big change coming. Then Caterpillar disappears for a while and comes back as Butterfly. Will Butterfly and Worm still be…
    Book, 2023New York : Simon Spotlight, 2023. — EZR WINDNESS
  • A timid squirrel makes a brave journey to help a relative who is ill.
    Book, 2023New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2023. — E FIC CORDELL
  • When the letter R suddenly vanishes, a whole town goes upside-down as flocks of cows replace crows flying in the sky and giant shoes (not shores!) live on the sandy beaches.
    eBook, 2022New Yok : Simon & Schuste Books fo Young eades, [2022] — BOUNDLESS EBOOK
  • An egret and a rhinoceros navigate the ups and downs of their symbiotic relationship—which is more like a friendship!
    Book, 2023New York : Beach Lane Books, [2023] — E FIC TEAGUE
  • When Grandpa Max plays his favorite prank on Becky, he accidentally takes her nose for real, and the two must chase Becky's nose all over town to get it back.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — E FIC KATZ
  • A selfish cat whom readers will love to hate swallows anyone who questions her behavior.
    Book, 2023New York : Scholastic Press, [2023] — E FIC DEEDY
  • Our Incredible Library Book

    and the Wonderful Journeys It Took

    Crowe, Caroline,
    A library volume grows worn and weathered as it circulates through a metropolitan community in this picture book, its journey captured with jaunty rhymes.
    Book, 2022Edinburgh : Floris Books, 2022. — E FIC CROWE