2025-2026 Titles:
Resources for the 2025-2026:
SSYRA JR. Annotated List 
SSYRA Jr. Cover Poster 
SSYRA Jr. Simple List 
2025-2026 Reveal Video 
Click the links below for free resources from 2024-2025 list:
SSYRA Jr. Annotated List
SSYRA Jr. Cover Poster
SSYRA Jr. Simple List
​2023-2024 Reveal Video on YouTube
2023-2024 Winner Reveal
Book Recommendation Form:
​Click here for the recommendation form.
The SSYRA Jr. Committee accepts suggestions of book titles to be considered for the SSYRA Jr. list. Books suggested between April 18, 2023 and February 28, 2024 will be considered for the 2024-2025 SSYRA Jr. list. Suggested titles will be considered regardless of the number of times a title is nominated; suggesting a title more than once will not ensure its inclusion on the reading list or the SSYRA Jr. list.

Books suggested for the SSYRA Jr.list must:
·  Be fiction: Picture Book or Beginning Chapter Book/Graphic Novel.
·  Have a US copyright date of 2022, 2023, or 2024.
·  Be age-appropriate for grades K-2.
·  Be the first in a series (if it is part of a series);
·  Have literary/artistic merit and appeal to young readers;
·  Have received a favorable review in at least one of the following reviewing publications: 
      Booklist, Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Hornbook, Kirkus, or School Library 
      Journal.