"Children" Archive

Every year Kansas students vote for their favorite books from the William Allen White list to pick an award winner. Here’s a list of the nominees for 2023-2024.

3rd-5th Grade

Once Upon a Camel/ Kathi Appelt

Book/ Audiobook/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 Long Road to the Circus/ Betsy Bird

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 Rez Dogs/ Joseph Bruchac

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

Twenty-one steps/ Jeff Gottesfeld

Book/ eBook

 

 

 

 The Lion of Mars/ Jennifer L. Holm

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 Stella/ McCall Hoyle

Book/ Audiobook/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 Shelter/ Christie Matheson

Book/ eBook

 

 

 

The Great Stink/Colleen Paeff

Book/ eBook

 

 

6th-8th Grade

 A Place to Hang the Moon/ Kate Albus

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 Flight of the Puffin/ Ann Braden

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 365 Days to Alaska/ Cathy Carr

Book/ Audiobook/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 Starfish/ Lisa Fipps

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

Alone/ Megan E. Freeman

Book/ Audiobook/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 Ground Zero/ Alan Gratz

Book/ Largeprint/ Audiobook/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

The Last Cuentista/ Donna Barba Higuera

Book/ eBook/ eAudio/ eAudio (Spanish)

 

 

 

When the world turned upside down/ K. Ibura

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 Fallout/ Steve Sheinkin

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

 Fast Pitch/ Nic Stone

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

 

 

 

Unspeakable/ Carole Boston Weatherford

Book/ eBook/ eAudio

It’s almost time for back to school and whether you’re looking forward to school (or not) here are some books about going back to school!

Llama Llama back to school/ The Crayons Go Back to School/ Pete the Cat : rocking in my school shoes/ I Got the School Spirit/Pearl goes to preschool 

Preschool, here I come! / Kindergarten is cool!/Even monsters go to school/ The night before first grade/ On the first day of grade school