Our goal is to encourage students to read by having highly motivating books available to them in their classroom.
Students will read, or be read to, Sunshine State Jr. books in order to be able to participate in the Sunshine State Jr. book election in April 2027. Students will have classroom book discussions and book projects that follow up with the completion of each book title. Students in grades PK3-2nd grade will have access to these book titles to read any time. The students have been very excited in the past with this grant to be able vote on the real voting machines from the Collier County Elections office!
Students will increase their reading fluency scores (STAR reader test) by 5%.
We will need to purchase 1-2 copies each of the Sunshine State Jr. book list for the 2026-2027 school year so all primary teachers can have access to the books in time for the book election in April 2027.
254.28
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover" by Linda Bailey, and illustrated by Joe Bluhm
18.99
"Max, a Little Axolotl" by Joey Spiotto
9.92
"Don't Trust Fish" by Neil Sharpson, and illustrated by Dan Santat
10.56
"The Faraway Forest: Wally's Route" by Debbie Fong
13.93
"No More Gnomes" by Beth Mills
18.99
"Katrina Hyena, Stand-up Comedian" by Sophie Kohn
17.00
"There's Something Odd About the Babysitter" by Elayne Crain
17.52
"Box Tales: Grow, Strawberries, Grow!" by James Burks
12.99
"OH DEER!" by Phaea Crede, and illustrated by Erica J. Chen
18.99
"OH DEER!" by Phaea Crede, and illustrated by Erica J. Chen
18.99
"The Bakery Dragon" by Devin Elle Kurtz
11.99
"The Bakery Dragon" by Devin Elle Kurtz
11.99
"Anonymoose" by Shawna J. C. Tenney
12.93
"Anonymoose" by Shawna J. C. Tenney
12.93
"Bored Panda" by Mike Bender, and illustrated by Chuck Dillon
15.29
"Bored Panda" by Mike Bender, and illustrated by Chuck Dillon
15.29
"Fairy Scout Friends: No Rain, No Rainbow" by Hannah Fay
7.99
"Fairy Scout Friends: No Rain, No Rainbow" by Hannah Fay
