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William Allen White
Children’s Book Award
3rd-5th Grade
2010 - 2011
BackgroundHistory:
• Established in 1952 Ruth Gagliardo• Directed by Emporia State University
Purpose:• Honors William Allen White, a Pulitzer Prize
winning journalist from Kansas Encourages Kansas children to read and enjoy
high quality literature
Distinction: Thought to be the first book award program in
the country decided by children
Nominated Books Must be published within the past
year
Authors must be from the United States, Canada or Mexico
Text must be fiction, non-fiction or poetry
Selection committee chooses books for their originality, vitality, accuracy and sincerity
Participation Who: 3rd – 8th grade Kansas students
What: Read 2 nominated books
Where: Check them out at the library
When: Read all year long and be ready to vote by April 15th
Why: To select the 2009-10 winners!
2009-10 WAW Winner 3rd-5th Grade
How To Steal A Dog
by Barbara O’Connor
2009-10 WAW Winner 6th-8th Grade
Cracker, The Best Dog in
Vietnamby Cynthia Kadohata
William Allen White
Children’s Book Award
3rd-5th Grade Master list
2010-2011
The Adventure of Sir Lancelot the Great
By Gerald Morris
One of King Arthur’s most famous knights comes to life in this light-hearted, playful tale. He has always dreamed of joining King Arthur’s Court because of their clean armor! He defeats all comers through a series of comic adventures and complimentary illustrations enhance the telling.
Buffalo Song
This story of the first efforts to save the vanishing bison (buffalo) herds from extinction in the United States in the 1870s and 1880s is based on the true experiences of Samuel Walking Coyote, a Salish (Kalispel) Indian who rescued and raised orphaned buffalo calves. This wildlife conservation is still happening today.
By Joseph Bruchac
Chancey of the Maury RiverBy Gigi Amateau
After being abandoned, Chancey, an albino Appaloosa horse, finds a new home with Claire who needs him as much as he needs her, but as his eyesight deteriorates, he and Claire start anew as a therapeutic team. Suspense comes into play when students are healed by the team’s adventures.
ElevenBy Patricia Reilly Giff
Sam can barely read, but he discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday that triggers childhood memories. With the help of a new friend, he and Caroline build a castle together for a school project and unravel the mysteries of his past.
42 MilesBy Gracie Vaughn Zimmer
As her thirteenth birthday approaches, JoEllen decides to bring together her two separate lives--one as Joey, who enjoys weekends with her father and other relatives on a farm, and another as Ellen, who lives with her mother in a Cincinnati apartment near her school and friends.
Freedom Train
Twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason's older brother is a guard on the Freedom Train, which is carrying the Bill of Rights and other documents throughout the country in 1948. Clyde also learns about rights and freedom in his real life when he is saved from a beating by an African American boy, and later returns the favor when men in their Atlanta suburb decide to show the "Nigras" their place. History comes alive in this fictional tale.
By Evelyn Coleman
Masterpiece
Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing for James, a human, for his eleventh birthday. The friends soon work together to help recover a famous Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The theft makes the adventure between Marvin and James a real “page turner.”
By Elise Broach
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maatha
By Claira A. Nivola
Wangari Maathai came home to Kenya after college only to find the streams dry, the people malnourished, and the trees gone. What she did to turn things around in her homeland led to her founding of the Green Belt Movement and winning the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.
SwindleBy Gordon
KormanAfter an unscrupulous collector cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into the collector’s heavily guarded store and steal the card back. The planned heist takes a few twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page.
William Allen White1868-1944
William Allen White
Children’s Book Award
3rd-5th Grade
2010 - 2011