William Allen White Children’s Book Award 3 rd -5 th Grade
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William Allen White
Children’s Book Award
3rd-5th Grade
2009-2010
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!
2008-09 WAW Winner 3rd-5th Grade
Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker
2008-09 WAW Winner 6th-8th Grade
Yellow Starby Jennifer Roy
William Allen White
Children’s Book Award
3rd-5th Grade Master list
2009-2010
A Friendship for Today
In 1954, when desegregation comes to Kirkland, Missouri, ten-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate.
By Patircia McKissack
Bravo Zulu, Samantha
Decidedly unenthusiastic about spending part of her summer vacation with her grandparents, twelve-year-old Samantha is particularly upset by her prickly grandfather's secretive behavior and decides to find out what he is hiding.
By Kathleen Benner Duble
Dexter the Tough
A sympathetic teacher and her writing assignment help fourth-grader Dexter deal with being the new kid in school after he punches a kid on the first day of school.
By Margaret Peterson Haddix
Home of the Brave Kek, an African
refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in this fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.
By Katherine Applegate
How to Steal a DogLiving in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
By Barbara O’Connor
One Thousand Tracings:
Healing the Wounds of World War II
The author describes her family's efforts to help their friends and others who were left homeless and hungry in the aftermath of World War II.
By Lita Judge
Seeing Sky Blue Pink
Although fearful at first, eight-year-old Maddie soon begins to enjoy living in the country and getting to know her new stepfather.
By Candice Ransom
The Rising Star of Rusty Nail
In the small town of Rusty Nail, Minnesota, in the early 1950s, musically talented ten-year-old Franny wants to take advanced piano lessons from newcomer Olga Malenkov, a famous Russian musician suspected of being a communist spy by gossipy members of the community.
By Lesley M. M. Blume
Way Down DeepIn the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel.
By Ruth White
William Allen White1910-1941
William Allen White
Children’s Book Award
3rd-5th Grade
2009-2010