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William Allen White Children's Book Award - Wikipedia

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The William Allen White Children's Book Award is a set of two annual awards for books selected by vote of Kansas schoolchildren from lists prepared by committee. As a single award it was established in 1952 by Ruth Garver Gagliardo, a children's literature specialist at Emporia State University, which continues to direct the program.^[1] It is named for William Allen White (1868–1944), long-time publisher and editor of The Emporia Gazette. The White Award is the oldest statewide children's choice book award in the United States.

From 2001, two winners have been chosen each year, one by students in grades 3 to 5 and one by students in grades 6 to 8, from separate lists of books.^[2]^[3] The award website includes an archive of annual Master Lists that is complete back to the list of 18 books for school year 1952–53.^[4] Curriculum Guides "designed to be used in teaching or preparing instructional units" are prepared for books on the year's Master List and some past Guides are available.^[5]^[6]

Currently (as of October 2019),^[7] the annual celebration at Emporia early in October includes a Friday evening "Read-Ins and Sleepovers" with space for 100 people. After Saturday morning activities, student representatives present medals to the winning writers at the Awards Ceremony.^[8] Travel to Emporia is an incentive in some classroom reading programs.^[9] At least once (2011), a writer declined because of a conflict on the celebration date and was replaced as the White Award winner.^[a]

Recipients 1953–2000

There were 49 winners of the single William Allen White Book Children's Book Award in its 48 years through 2000, with two winners in 1974.^[2]

Year	Author	Title
1953	Elizabeth Yates	Amos Fortune, Free Man
1954	Doris Gates	Little Vic
1955	Jean Bailey	Cherokee Bill: Oklahoma Pacer
1956	Marguerite Henry	Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1957	Phoebe Erickson	Daniel 'Coon
1958	Elliott Arnold	White Falcon
1959	Fred Gipson	Old Yeller
1960	William O. Steele	Flaming Arrows
1961	Keith Robertson	Henry Reed, Inc.
1962	Catherine Owens Peare	The Helen Keller Story
1963	Scott O'Dell	Island of the Blue Dolphins
1964	Sheila Burnford	The Incredible Journey
1965	Zachary Ball	Bristle Face
1966	Sterling North	Rascal
1967	Annabel and Edgar Johnson	The Grizzly
1968	Beverly Cleary	The Mouse and the Motorcycle
1969	Keith Robertson	Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service
1970	E. L. Konigsburg	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1971	Walt Morey	Kävik the Wolf Dog
1972	Barbara Corcoran	Sasha: My Friend
1973	E. B. White	The Trumpet of the Swan
1974	Robert C. O'Brien	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
1974	Zilpha Keatley Snyder	The Headless Cupid
1975	William Steig	Dominic
1976	Beverly Cleary	Socks
1977	George Selden	Harry Cat's Pet Puppy
1978	Jean Van Leeuwen	The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper
1979	Wilson Rawls	Summer of the Monkeys
1980	Betsy Byars	The Pinballs
1981	Katherine Paterson	The Great Gilly Hopkins
1982	C. S. Adler	The Magic of the Glits
1983	Barbara Brooks Wallace	Peppermints in the Parlor
1984	Shel Silverstein	A Light in the Attic
1985	Quang Nhuong Huynh	The Land I Lost
1986	Mary Downing Hahn	Daphne's Book
1987	Robert Kimmel Smith	The War with Grandpa
1988	Betsy Byars	Cracker Jackson
1989	Marion Dane Bauer	On My Honor
1990	Gary Paulsen	Hatchet
1991	Bill Wallace	Beauty
1992	Mary Downing Hahn	The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story
1993	Jerry Spinelli	Maniac Magee
1994	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	Shiloh
1995	June Rae Wood	The Man Who Loved Clowns
1996	Lois Lowry	The Giver
1997	Mary Downing Hahn	Time For Andrew: A Ghost Story
1998	Barbara Park	Mick Harte Was Here
1999	Andrew Clements	Frindle
2000	P. J. Petersen	White Water

Recipients 2001–2024

Year	Grades 3–5		Grades 6–8
2001	Cynthia C. DeFelice	The Ghost of Fossil Glen	Louis Sachar	Holes
2002	Andrew Clements	The Landry News	Christopher Paul Curtis	Bud, Not Buddy
2003	Kate DiCamillo	Because of Winn-Dixie	Frances O'Roark Dowell	Dovey Coe
2004	Peni R. Griffin	Ghost Sitter	Andrea Warren	Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps
2005	Jerry Spinelli	Loser	Stephanie S. Tolan	Surviving the Applewhites
2006	Sue Stauffacher	Donuthead	Jeanne DuPrau	The City of Ember
2007	Andrew Clements	The Report Card	Sarah Weeks	So B. It
2008	Ann M. Martin	A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray	L. D. Harkrader	Airball: My Life in Briefs
2009	Sara Pennypacker	Clementine	Jennifer Roy	Yellow Star
2010	Barbara O'Connor	How to Steal a Dog	Cynthia Kadohata	Cracker! The Best Dog in Viet Nam
2011^[a]	Patricia Reilly Giff	Eleven	Susan Campbell Bartoletti	The Boy Who Dared
2012	Wendy Mass	11 Birthdays	Diana López	Confetti Girl
2013	Patrick Jennings	Guinea Dog	Peg Kehret	Ghost Dog Secrets
2014^[9]	Don Brown	America is Under Attack: September 11, 2001	Helen Frost	Hidden
2015	W. H. Beck	Malcolm at Midnight	M. H. Herlong	Buddy
2016	Sharon Creech	The Boy on the Porch	Chris Grabenstein	Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
2017	Jennifer Brown	Life on Mars	Dianna Dorisi Winget	A Million Ways Home
2018	Lynda Mullaly Hunt	Fish in a Tree	Mary Downing Hahn	Took
2019^[10]	Sara Pennypacker	Pax	Jason Reynolds	Ghost
2020^[11]	Dusti Bowling	Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus	Gordon Korman	Restart: Lose Your Memory. Find Your Life
2021^[12]	Katherine Arden	Small Spaces	Jewell Parker Rhodes	Ghost Boys
2022^[13]	Rodman Philbrick	Wildfire: A Novel	Dan Gemeinhart	The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
2023^[14]	Lindsay Currie	Scritch Scratch	J. L. Esplin	96 Miles
2024^[15]	McCall Hoyle	Stella	Alan Gratz	Ground Zero
2025	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Notes

^ ^a ^b The 59th celebration in 2011 conflicted with the National Book Festival in Washington where Gordon Korman was keynote speaker. So he declined and Eleven by Giff replaced Swindle by Korman as WAWCBA grades 3–5 winner.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Winner 2010–2011". WAWCBA. ESU. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
^ ^a ^b "Winners". WAWCBA. ESU. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
^ "Master Lists". WAWCBA. ESU. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
^ "More Past Winners". William Allen White Children's Book Award | The Official Site. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ "3rd-5th Grade Reading List (2020)". William Allen White Children's Book Award | The Official Site. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ "6th-8th Grade Reading List (2020)". William Allen White Children's Book Award | The Official Site. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ "William Allen White Children's Book Award Celebration". William Allen White Children's Book Award | The Official Site. Archived from the original on 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ "Celebration". WAWCBA. ESU. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
^ ^a ^b "Home". William Allen White Children's Book Awards (WAWCBA). Emporia State University (emporia.edu). Retrieved 2014-05-05.
^ "2019 WAWCBA Winners". William Allen White Children's Book Award | The Official Site. Archived from the original on 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ "2020 WAWCBA Winners". William Allen White Children's Book Award | The Official Site. Archived from the original on 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ "WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE CHILDREN'S BOOK WINNERS ANNOUNCED". | WAWCBA. ESU. 2021-05-24. Archived from the original on 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
^ "WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE CHILDREN'S BOOK WINNERS ANNOUNCED". | WAWCBA. ESU. 2022-05-12. Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
^ "WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE CHILDREN'S BOOK WINNERS ANNOUNCED". | WAWCBA. ESU. 2023-05-09. Archived from the original on 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
^ "WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE CHILDREN'S BOOK WINNERS ANNOUNCED". | WAWCBA. ESU. 2024-05-07. Archived from the original on 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-08.

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