1. The William Allen White Children’s Book Awards “bringing authors, books and children together” Celebrating 60 years 2013-2014 Master lists

2. Grades 3 to 5

3. America is Under Attack: September 11, 2011: The Day the Towers Fell by Don Brown Published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press and MacMillan Children’s Publishing Group

4. Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet Art by Melissa Sweet Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin

5. Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin Published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

6. Close to Famous by Joan Bauer Reprinted by permission of Viking

7. The Summer of Hammers and Angels by Shannon Wiersbitzky Reprinted by permission of namelos llc.

8. Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica George Reprinted by permission of Bloomsbury Books

9. True…Sort of by Katherine Hannigan Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

10. Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick Scholastic Press

11. Grades 6 to 8

12. Bluefish by Pat Schmatz Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA

13. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos Published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, in imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

14. Dragon Castle by Joseph Bruchac Reprinted by permission of Dial Books

15. Drawing from Memory by Alan Say Scholastic Press

16. Hidden by Helen Frost Published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

17. Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt Reprinted by permission of Clarion Books

18. The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen Published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books

19. The Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers

20. Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA

21. Take Me to the River by Will Hobbs HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers

22. Input from the field…

23. How could the celebration be enhanced if more funding were available?

24. How important is it to students that the authors be present at the celebration?

25. Other questions and/or comments…

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