the william allen white children’s book awards “bringing authors, books and children together”...
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The William Allen White Children’s Book Awards
“bringing authors, books and children together”
Celebrating 60 years
2013-2014 Master lists
Grades 3 to 5
America is Under Attack:
September 11, 2011: The Day the Towers Fell
by Don Brown
Published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook
Press and MacMillan Children’s Publishing Group
Balloons over Broadway: The
True Story of the Puppeteer of
Macy’s Parade
by Melissa Sweet
Art by Melissa SweetReproduced by permission
of Houghton Mifflin
Breaking Stalin’s Nose
by Eugene Yelchin
Published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers,
an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Group
Close to Famousby
Joan Bauer
Reprinted by permission of Viking
The Summer of Hammers and
Angelsby
Shannon Wiersbitzky
Reprinted by permission of namelos llc.
Tuesdays at the Castle
by JessicaGeorge
Reprinted by permission of Bloomsbury Books
True…Sort ofby
Katherine Hannigan
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Wonderstruck:A Novel in Words and
Picturesby
Brian Selznick
Scholastic Press
Grades 6 to 8
Bluefishby
Pat Schmatz
Reproduced by permission of the publisher,
Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young
Readers, in imprint of Macmillan Children’s
Publishing Group
Dragon Castleby
Joseph Bruchac
Reprinted by permission of Dial Books
Drawing from Memory
byAlan Say
Scholastic Press
Hiddenby
Helen Frost
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for
Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Group
Okay for Nowby
Gary Schmidt
Reprinted by permission of Clarion Books
The Running Dream
byWendelin Van
Draanen
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random
House Children’s Books
The Silver Bowlby
Diane Stanley
HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of
HarperCollins Publishers
Small as an Elephant
byJennifer Richard
Jacobson
Reproduced by permission of the publisher,
Candlewick Press,Somerville, MA
Take Me to the River
byWill Hobbs
HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of
HarperCollins Publishers
Input from the field…
How could the celebration be enhanced if more funding
were available?
How important is it to students that the authors be present at the celebration?
Other questions and/or comments…
