WAW Book Award Poster Contest
For students in grades 3-5 and 6-8
The 56th annual William Allen White Children's Book Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, October 4, 2008, in Emporia. To celebrate this event, schools across Kansas are encouraged to submit entries for the statewide William Allen . . . read more
WAW Award Winners Announced
For the year 2007
The Report Card by Andrew Clements and So B. It by Sara Weeks are the newest winners of the William Allen White Children’s Book Award. The Report Card was selected by Kansas readers in grades third through fifth, and So B. It . . . read more
William Allen White Book Award
Student voting ends April 15
The "William Allen White Children's Book Award" honors the man who was editor of the Emporia Gazette newspaper from 1896 until his death in 1944. One of his famous editorials was a eulogy to his 16-year-old daughter Mary, who loved to . . . read more
Jr. High readers cast votes for favorite book
Two novels tied for the most popular William Allen White Award nominee book among readers at Marais des Cygnes Valley Junior High: Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko and So B. It by Sarah Weeks. Each received a 20 . . . read more
