Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award

Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award references 47 books assigned across applicable K-12 grade levels in US schools. The William Allen White Children's Book Award is Kansas's statewide children's-choice book award, established in 1952 at Emporia State University and named for the celebrated Kansas journalist and editor William Allen White. Kansas students vote each year in two divisions — grades 3-5 and grades 6-8 — making it one of the oldest and best-known readers'-choice awards in the United States. Its winner lists are read in Kansas classrooms and libraries statewide and include widely loved titles such as Holes, Bud Not Buddy, Because of Winn-Dixie, The City of Ember, Pax, Fish in a Tree, Ghost, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and Ground Zero.

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Landry News · Andrew Clements
Life on Mars · Jennifer Brown
Loser · Jerry Spinelli
Malcolm at Midnight · W. H. Beck
Odder · Katherine Applegate
Pax · Sara Pennypacker
Restart · Gordon Korman
Scritch Scratch · Lindsay Currie
Small Spaces · Katherine Arden
So B. It · Sarah Weeks
Stella · McCall Hoyle
Surviving the Applewhites · Stephanie S. Tolan
The Author's Guide to Surviving Hitler · Andrea Warren
The Boy Who Dared · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The Boy on the Porch · Sharon Creech
The City of Ember · Jeanne DuPrau
The Fort · Gordon Korman
The Ghost Sitter · Peni R. Griffin
The Ghost of Fossil Glen · Cynthia DeFelice
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise · Dan Gemeinhart
The Report Card · Andrew Clements
Took · Mary Downing Hahn
Wildfire · Rodman Philbrick

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This curriculum is one of dozens of named English Language Arts frameworks tracked across US public-school districts. Frameworks differ in scope (district-level vs state-level vs national), in mandate (required vs recommended vs elective), and in how prescriptive their reading lists are (single fixed text list vs broad reading-pool selection).

The book list below represents titles cited as required, recommended, or commonly assigned within this framework, sourced from the framework's primary documentation (or, where the framework is administered at district level, from public district curriculum pages). Each book's detail page links the specific source document for that citation.

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What books does Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award include?

47 books are referenced by Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award across applicable K-12 grade levels. Each book page cites the primary source assignment (the official curriculum standard, exemplar list, or syllabus where the title appears).

What grades does Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award cover?

Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award is a reading-program curriculum spanning applicable K-12 grade levels via the standards framework. Browse by grade using the grade-filter links on this page or visit /grade for the full grade index across all curricula.

Where does Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award data come from?

Primary source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allen_White_Children%27s_Book_Award. Cross-referenced with Common Core exemplars at achievethecore.org. Every book page on ReadingList.school cites the standards origin for that assignment.

Is Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award required reading?

Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award provides recommended exemplars + assignments — adoption varies by district and teacher. Always check with your school's English department for the specific required vs recommended list at your grade level.

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