The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME), began in 1983. This school year (2006-2007) over 63,800 students read enough books to qualify for voting in the statewide balloting for their favorite book.

The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program (SSYRA) is coordinated by library media specialists in schools participating in the program. All schools are sent a school participation form in August and registration, activities, and voting are available online for participating schools. Individual teachers are encouraged to work with their library media specialist in implementing the school's program.

The 2006 - 2007 Winners

Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith. Hyperion, ©2006. (Winner grades 3-5)   Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Disney Editions, ©2006. (Winner grades 6-8)

2007-2008 Reading List (Grades 3-5)	2007-2008 Reading List (Grades 6-8)	Previous Award Winners
SSYRA Information from FAME