1. William Allen White Children’s Book Award
Statewide reader’s choice award for kids in grades 3-8
Goal: Connect kids with great books.

2. Named for famous Kansan William Allen White
Lived
Writer, journalist
Editor of Emporia Gazette newspaper
Important opinions
Friends with presidents

3. 2016 Winner ~ Grades 3-5
The Boy on the Porch
by Sharon Creech

4. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
2016 Winner ~ Grades 6-8
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
by Chris Grabenstein

5. master list Grades 3-5

6. EL DEAFO by CeCe Bell Amulet Books

7. LIFE ON MARS by Jennifer Brown Bloomsbury USA

8. THE MAP TRAP by Andrew Clements Atheneum Books for Young Readers

9. ABSOLUTELY TRULY: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery by Heather Vogel Frederick Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

10. HALF A CHANCE by Cynthia Lord Scholastic Press

11. RAIN REIGN by Ann M. Martin Feiwel & Friends

12. HELLO, I’M JOHNNY CASH by G. Neri Candlewick Press

13. JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell Chronicle Books, LLC

14. NEIGHBORHOOD SHARKS: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy David McCaulay Studio/Roaring Brook Press

15. Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh Abrams Books for Young Readers

17. master list Grades 6-8

18. CROSSOVER by Kwame Alexander Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers

19. THE NIGHT GARDENER by Jonathan Auxier Amulet Books

20. UNDER THE EGG by Laura Marx Fitzgerald Dial

21. THE FAMILY ROMANOV: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming Schwartz & Wade

22. COURAGE FOR BEGINNERS by Karen Harrington Little Brown Books for Young Readers

23. THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH by Jennifer Holm Random House

24. TIME OF THE FIREFLIES by Kimberley Griffiths Little Scholastic Press

25. GREENGLASS HOUSE by Kate Milford Clarion Books

26. THE BOUNDLESS by Kenneth Oppel Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

27. THE MEANING OF MAGGIE by Megan Jean Sovern Chronicle Books, LLC

28. LOOT: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson Scholastic Press

29. A MILLION WAYS HOME by Diana Dorsi Winget Scholastic Press