William Allen White Children’s Book Award Statewide reader’s choice award for kids in grades 3-8 Goal: Connect kids with great books.
Named for famous Kansan William Allen White Lived 1868-1944 Writer, journalist Editor of Emporia Gazette newspaper Important opinions Friends with presidents
2016 Winner ~ Grades 3-5 The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2016 Winner ~ Grades 6-8 Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
2016-2017 master list Grades 3-5
EL DEAFO by CeCe Bell Amulet Books
LIFE ON MARS by Jennifer Brown Bloomsbury USA
THE MAP TRAP by Andrew Clements Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ABSOLUTELY TRULY: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery by Heather Vogel Frederick Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
HALF A CHANCE by Cynthia Lord Scholastic Press
RAIN REIGN by Ann M. Martin Feiwel & Friends
HELLO, I’M JOHNNY CASH by G. Neri Candlewick Press
JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell Chronicle Books, LLC
NEIGHBORHOOD SHARKS: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy David McCaulay Studio/Roaring Brook Press
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh Abrams Books for Young Readers
2016-2017 master list Grades 6-8
CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
THE NIGHT GARDENER by Jonathan Auxier Amulet Books
UNDER THE EGG by Laura Marx Fitzgerald Dial
THE FAMILY ROMANOV: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming Schwartz & Wade
COURAGE FOR BEGINNERS by Karen Harrington Little Brown Books for Young Readers
THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH by Jennifer Holm Random House
TIME OF THE FIREFLIES by Kimberley Griffiths Little Scholastic Press
GREENGLASS HOUSE by Kate Milford Clarion Books
THE BOUNDLESS by Kenneth Oppel Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
THE MEANING OF MAGGIE by Megan Jean Sovern Chronicle Books, LLC
LOOT: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson Scholastic Press
A MILLION WAYS HOME by Diana Dorsi Winget Scholastic Press