2011-2012 William Allen White Awards

master lists

William Allen White Children’s Book Awards Program~

Bringing Authors, Books, and Children TogetherSince 1952.

*The first statewide children's choice award program in the United States.

*Established by Ruth Garver Gagliardo with the direction of Emporia State University to honor the memory of the state's most distinguished citizen.

*To encourage the boys and girls of Kansas to read and enjoy good books.

*Commended by AASL in 2008.

Grades 3 to 5 master list

2010 winner Grades 3 to 5

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Also Known as Harperby Ann

Haywood Leal

Used by permission of Henry Holt, an imprint

of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

Extra Creditby

Andrew Clements

c. 2009 by Andrew Clements. Cover by

Brian Selznick. Illustrated by Mark

Elliott.

Family Reminders by

Julie Danneberg

Illustration c. 2010 by John Shelley from Family

Reminders by Julie Danneberg. Published

by Charlesbridge.

Fortune’s Magic Farm

by Suzanne Selfors

Used with permission of Little, Brown Books for

Young Readers

The Boy Who Invented TV: The

Story of Philo Farnsworth

by Kathleen Krull

c. 2009, used by permission of Random House Books

The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the

Holocaust

by Karen Gray Ruelle and

Deborah Durland DeSaix

c. 2009, Holiday House

Where the Mountain Meets

the Moon by

Grace Lin

art c. Grace Lin, used with permission by Little, Brown

Books for Young Readers

11 Birthdaysby

Wendy Mass

c. 2009, used by permission of

Scholastic Press

Grades 6 to 8 master list

2010 winnerGrades 6 to 8

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

All the Broken Pieces

byAnn E. Burg

c. 2009, used by permission of Scholastic Press

Anything But Typical

byNora Raleigh

Baskin

c. 2009 by Nora Raleigh Baskin. Cover by James

Gulliver Hancock.

Confetti Girl by

Diana Lopez

Used with permission of Little, Brown Books

for Young Readers

Double Eagleby

Sneed B. Collard III

Reprinted with permission from Peachtree Publishers

Faith, Hope, and Ivy June

byPhyllis Reynolds

Naylor

c. 2009, used by permission of Random House Books

Heart of a Shepherd

byRosanne Parry

Jacket art c. 2009 by Jonathan Barkat

c. 2009, used by permission of Random House Books

My Name is Phillis

Wheatley: A Story of Slavery and

Freedom

byAfua Cooper

c. 2009, used by permission of

publisher

Notes from the Dog

byGary Paulsen

c. 2009, used by permission of Random

House Books

Operation Yesby

Sara Lewis Holmes

c. 2009, used by permission of

Scholastic Press

Return to Sender

byJulia Alvarez

c. 2009, used by permission of Random

House Books

Scatby

Carl Hiaasen

c. 2009, used by permission of Random

House Books

The Amaranth Enchantment

byJulie Berry

c. 2009 by Julie Berry, published by

Bloomsbury Children’s Books

The Evolution of Calpurnia

Tateby

Jacqueline Kelly

Used by permission of Henry Holt, an imprint of

Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

The Great Death

byJohn Smelcer

Used by permission of Henry Holt, an imprint of

Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

The Mostly True

Adventures of Homer P. Figg

by Rodman Philbrick

c. 2009, used by permission of Scholastic

Press

Wild Thingsby

Clay Carmichael

Cover design: Helen Robinson

Cover cat art:Clay Carmichael

Front Street

Years of Dust:The Story of

the Dust Bowlby

Albert Marrin

Dutton Children’s Books, a division of

Penguin Young Readers Group

Bringing AUTHORS, Books and Children Together…

2010 Award Winners

Visiting the sleepover the night before the awards day

Hope to see you in Emporia on Saturday, September 24, 2011!

The William Allen White Children’s Book Awards:Bringing Authors, Books, and Children Together!