2018-2019 Master Lists Michelle Hammond Beverley Buller Executive Director Selection Committee chairperson
Grades Three to Five
STEP RIGHT UP: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman Lee & Low Books
GIANT SQUID by Candace Fleming Roaring Brook Press
WHEN GREEN BECOMES TOMATOES: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano Roaring Brook Press
Random House Children’s Books FULL OF BEANS by Jennifer Holm Random House Children’s Books
ANIMALS BY THE NUMBERS: A Book of Animal Infographics by Steve Jenkins Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
I DISSENT: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
PAX by Sara Pennypacker HarperCollins
AS BRAVE AS YOU by Jason Reynolds Caitlyn Diouhy/ Atheneum/ Simon & Schuster
PRAIRIE DOG SONG by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore Lee and Low Books
SAVE ME A SEAT Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan Scholastic Press
Grades Six to Eight
MS. BIXBY’S LAST DAY by John David Anderson Walden Pond/ HarperCollins
FUZZY by Tom Angleberger and Paul Dellinger Amulet Books
GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill Workman
SOAR by Joan Bauer Puffin Books/ Penguin
UNBOUND: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg Scholastic Press
ONE HALF FROM THE EAST by Nadia Hashimi HarperCollins
GHOST by Jason Reynolds Caitlyn Diouhy/ Atheneum/ Simon & Schuster
SAMURAI RISING: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsume by Pamela Turner Charlesbridge
WOLF HOLLOW by Lauren Wolk Dutton/ Penguin
Voting for the 2019 White Awards opens in January 2019 and closes in April 2019. Join us October 6, 2018, in Emporia to honor the 2018 winners.