CYRM Book Groups @Sites

CA Young Readers Book Club Site

CJUSD CYRM Book Club K-12 Information Site

What is the California Young Reader Medal (CYRM)?

Each year, students, teachers, and librarians send recommendations of their favorite books to the California Young Reader Medal committee. The committee members read the nominated books and then meet to discuss the merits of each book and their appeal to children. Finally, the committee decides upon a well-balanced list of nominees. Students from all over the state have the opportunity to read all the nominated books in a category and vote for their favorite.

Get Students Excited About Reading

CJUSD students will have an opportunity to share their voices by voting to select the winner of the prestigious California Young Reader Medal.

This opportunity is coordinated by ESD 7-12, and ESD PK-6 as part of the Extended Learning Opportunities Grant. This is an OPPORTUNITY for students to be part of a focused book group, facilitated by staff including teachers, other certificated staff, and paraeducators, with engaging ways to build upon their prior knowledge and make connections with the literature they are reading. Students will share their voices by voting to select the winner of the prestigious California Young Reader Medal.

Your EdTech CPSes, Jen Saldana and Carrie Northcott, are available and excited to bring this opportunity to your students! From each title below, we will be creating lessons that focus on grade level heavy hit standards that will benefit students at any point in the year. We are excited to work with ten of our elementary schools to bring the CYRM Book Club to their site during the 2026-2027 school year!

CYRM is supported by the California Reading Association, the California Association of Teachers of English, California Library Association, and the California School Library Association. This opportunity is coordinated by ESD 7-12, and ESD PK-6 as part of the Extended Learning Opportunities Grant.