William Allen White Books
Students in grades 3-5 are able to participate in the William Allen White Award program. This is a Kansas state book award and the winner of the award is chosen by students. The award is in honor of William Allen White, a renowned newspaper editor, politician and author from Kansas. Each year, books, published within the past two years, are nominated by Kansas librarians for categories in grade 3-5 and grades 6-8. All students who read at least two books and receive 70% or above on a quiz over the books will be invited to a special reward party in late April after the voting is complete.
This years nominated books:
- GRANTED BY JOHN DAVID ANDERSON
- SMALL SPACES BY KATHERINE ARDEN
- CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR? POEMS OF RACE, MISTAKES, AND FRIENDSHIPS BY IRENE LATHAM AND CHARLES WATERS
- THE SEASON OF STYX MALONE BY KEKLA MAGOON
- BOB BY WENDY MASS AND REBECCA STEAD
- THIRTY MINUTES OVER OREGON: A JAPANESE PILOT'S WORLD WAR II STORY BY MARC TYLER NOBLEMAN
- INKLING BY KENNETH OPPEL
- OTIS AND WILL DISCOVER THE DEEP: TH
- PASS GO AND COLLECT $200: THE REAL STORY OF HOW MONOPOLY WAS INVENTED BY TANYA LEE STONE
- FRONT DESK BY KELLY YANG