PYRCA/Mountain Laurel Comprehensive K-3 Master List

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1	In 2025, PSLA formally changed the name of the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award to Mountain Laurel Book Award
2	Winner	Title	Author	Award Year	Grades

3		Trouble with Trolls	Brett, Jan	1995	K-3
4		Fly Away Home	Bunting, Eve	1995	K-3
5		Tom	DePaola, Tomie	1995	K-3
6		Loop the Loop	Dugan, Barbara	1995	K-3
7		Moon Rope / Un Lazo a la Luna	Ehlert, Lois	1995	K-3
8		Zinnia and Dot	Ernst, Lisa Campbell	1995	K-3
9		In the Tall, Tall Grass	Fleming, Denise	1995	K-3
10		Be Good to Eddie Lee	Fleming, Virginia	1995	K-3
11		Amazing Grace	Hoffman, Mary	1995	K-3
12		My Great-Aunt Arizona	Houston, Gloria	1995	K-3
13		Rachel Parker, Kindergarten Show-Off	Martin, Ann	1995	K-3
14		The Rough-Face Girl	Martin, Rafe	1995	K-3
15		The Salamander Room	Mazer, Anne	1995	K-3
16	WINNER	Martha Speaks	Meddaugh, Susan	1995	K-3
17		The Rainbabies	Melmed, Laura Krauss	1995	K-3
18		Chicken Sunday	Polacco, Patricia	1995	K-3
19		Komodo!	Sis, Peter	1995	K-3
20		Too Many Tamales	Soto, Gary	1995	K-3
21		Bamboo Hats and a Rice Cake	Tompert, Ann	1995	K-3
22		June 29. 1999	Wiesner, David	1995	K-3
23		Seven Blind Mice	Young, Ed	1995	K-3
24		Old Black Fly	Aylesworth, Jim	1996	K-3
25		Smoky Night	Bunting, Eve	1996	K-3
26		Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs	Cole, Joanna	1996	K-3
27		Bigmama's	Crews, Donald	1996	K-3
28		Time Train	Fleischman, Paul	1996	K-3
29		The Story of May	Gerstein, Mordicai	1996	K-3
30		Owen	Henkes, Kevin	1996	K-3
31		Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt	Hopkinson, Deborah	1996	K-3
32		Julius	Johnson, Angela	1996	K-3
33		The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down	Johnson, Paul Brett	1996	K-3
34		Bently & Egg	Joyce, William	1996	K-3
35		Postcards from Pluto: A Tour of the Solar System	Leedy, Loreen	1996	K-3
36		Snowshoe Thompson	Levinson, Nancy Smiler	1996	K-3
37		The Potato Man	McDonald, Megan	1996	K-3
38		Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!	McPhail, David	1996	K-3
39		Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus	Park, Barbara	1996	K-3
40		Five Bad Boys, Billy Que, and the Dustdobbin	Patron, Susan	1996	K-3
41		Yo! Yes?	Raschka, Chris	1996	K-3
42		Ruby the Copycat	Rathmann, Peggy	1996	K-3
43		Garth Pig Steals the Show	Rayner, Mary	1996	K-3
44		Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend	Rylant, Cynthia	1996	K-3
45	WINNER	The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig	Trivizas, Eugene	1996	K-3
46		Roses Sing on New Snow	Yee, Paul	1996	K-3
47		Town Mouse, Country Mouse	Brett, Jan	1997	K-3
48		The Library Dragon	Deedy, Carmen Agra	1997	K-3
49		Mule Eggs	DeFelice, Cynthia	1997	K-3
50		Luckiest Kid on The Planet	Ernst, Lisa Campbell	1997	K-3
51		Luka's Quilt	Guback, Georgia	1997	K-3
52		Mary Ann	James, Betsy	1997	K-3
53		The Girl Who Wore Snakes	Johnson, Angela	1997	K-3
54		Splash	Jonas, Ann	1997	K-3
55		Uncle Jed's Barber Shop	Mitchell, Margaree King	1997	K-3
56		Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin	Moss, Lloyd	1997	K-3
57		Mouse TV	Novak, Matt	1997	K-3
58		My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother	Polacco, Patricia	1997	K-3
59	WINNER	Officer Buckle and Gloria	Rathmann, Peggy	1997	K-3
60		Tops & Bottoms	Stevens, Janet	1997	K-3
61		A Hat for Minerva Louise	Stoeke, Janet Morgan	1997	K-3
62		Prowlpuss	Wilson, Gina	1997	K-3
63		Chibi, A True Story from Japan	Brenner, Barbara	1998	K-3
64		Dandelions	Bunting, Eve	1998	K-3
65		Stellaluna	Cannon, Janell	1998	K-3
66		An Alphabet of Dinosaurs	Dodson, Peter	1998	K-3
67	WINNER	Buz	Egielski, Richard	1998	K-3
68		Beast Feast	Florian, Douglas	1998	K-3
69		Meet Danitra Brown	Grimes, Nikki	1998	K-3
70		I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat	Hall, Donald	1998	K-3
71		Anansi and the Talking Melon	Kimmel, Eric A.	1998	K-3
72		Song Lee in Room 2B	Kline, Suzy	1998	K-3
73		Hog-Eye	Meddaugh, Susan	1998	K-3
74		Piggy Pie!	Palatini, Margie	1998	K-3
75		The Hallo-Weiner	Pilkey, Dav	1998	K-3
76		The Surprise Family	Reiser, Lynn	1998	K-3
77		Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl?	Sachar, Louis	1998	K-3
78		Building an Igloo	Stetzler, Ulli	1998	K-3
79		From Pictures to Words: A Book about Making a Book	Stevens, Janet	1998	K-3
80	WINNER	No More Water in the Tub	Arnold, Ted	1999	K-3
81		Fanny’s Dream	Buehner, Caralyn	1999	K-3
82		My Brother, Ant	Byars, Betsy	1999	K-3
83		Eleanor	Cooney, Barbara	1999	K-3
84		Days of the Blackbird: A Tale of Northern Italy	de Paola, Tomie	1999	K-3
85		Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad	Edwards, Pamela Duncan	1999	K-3
86		Metropolitan Cow	Egan, Tim	1999	K-3
87		Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale	Ernst, Lisa Campbell	1999	K-3
88		Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse	Henkes, Kevin	1999	K-3
89		Cinder Edna	Jackson, Ellen B.	1999	K-3
90		Miss Spider’s Tea Party	Kirk, David	1999	K-3
91		How to Make Apple Pie and See the World	Priceman, Marjorie	1999	K-3
92		Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten	Slate, Joseph	1999	K-3
93		Saving Sweetness	Stanley, Diane	1999	K-3
94		Red Racer	Wood, Audrey	1999	K-3
95		Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man	Adler, David A.	2000	K-3
96		Cocoa Ice	Appelbaum, Diane	2000	K-3
97		Parts	Arnold, Tedd	2000	K-3
98		Rockin’ Reptiles	Camelson, Stephanie and Joanna Cole	2000	K-3
99		Starring Rosie	Giff, Patricia Reilly	2000	K-3
100		Author, a True Story	Lester, Helen	2000	K-3