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Library Resources: William Allen White Children's Book Award

WAW Book Award Poster Contest

For students in grades 3-5 and 6-8

| April 13, 2008

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

| September 29, 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

| December 27, 2006

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

| April 18, 2007

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

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