The Education Department at WHYY and Verizon are pleased to present you all featured spots of WHYY I Like This Book. Thousands of students in the Delaware Valley grades kindergarten through 12th grade submitted online applications to share WHYY I Like This Book. Each year, eight students (two from each grade category) star in the final eight interstitials appearing on WHYY. See what books get these kids excited about reading!
2011
Donovan McAllister,
Grade: 2
Maniac Magee,
by Jerry Spinelli
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Brandon Walker,
Grade:
The Last Olympian,
by Rick Riordan
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Alicia Dawdani,
Grade: 9
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss
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Lauren Thornberg,
Grade: 6
The Hunger Games,
by Suzanne Collins
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Kaitlyn McGinley,
Grade: 5
Where the Red Fern Grows,
by Wilson Rawls
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Devon Jones,
Grade: 5
Robinson Crusoe,
by Daniel Defoe
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Rebecca Fox,
Grade: 5
Mockingbird,
by Kathryn Erskine
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Jocelynn Dillon,
Grade: 6
Marley, A Dog Like No Other,
by John Grogan
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Donna Falisz,
Grade: 6
Dear America: Survival in the Storm,
by Katelan Janke
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2010
Julian Carpenter
Due Season Charter School
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
By Mildred D. Taylor
Penguin Books
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Zion Buchanan
Project Chance, Warner
Shh, We're Writing the Constitution
By Jean Fritz
Penguin Books
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Monee Gulamali
Project Chance, Warner
Absolutely Normal Chaos
By Sharon Creech
Harper Collins
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Ondia Smith
Project Chance, Warner
Arthur's Eyes
By Marc Brown
Little Brown Company
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Moriah Lewis
Project Chance, Warner
Peanut Butter and Jelly
By Nadie Bernard Wescott
Penguin Books
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Avery Carter
Upper Darby High School
Gone With the Wind
By Margaret Mitchell
Scribner Books
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Lauryn Thomas
Upper Darby High School
To Kill a Mockingbird
By Harper Lee
Harper Publishing
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Elena Nasto
Upper Darby High School
Water Street
By Patricia Reilly Giff
Yearling Publishing
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2009
Carter Babcock,
The Magic Tree house Series,
by Mary Pope Osbourne
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Sarah Kenney,
Lara Ladybug,
by Christine Florie
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Matthew Swiman,
A Mystery at the Super Bowl,
by John Feinstein
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Andrea Schrock,
The Clique,
by Lisi Harrison
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Victoria Vale,
The Invention of Hugo Cabret,
by Brian Selznick
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Maggie Young,
Because of Winn Dixie,
by Kate DiCamillo
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Collin Smith,
Walden,
by Henry David Thoreau
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Alexandra Schmelzle,
Paper Towns,
by John Green
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