WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE AWARD

The winner of the William Allen White Award is decided by the school children of Kansas. 
They vote on their favorite book from an annual list of nominees.
 

The 2013 William Allen White Award winner
for 3rd–5th graders is:

Guinea Dog
  by Patrick Jennings


Listed below are the titles and authors of the 2013-2014 nominees. 

FOR GRADES 3-5

FICTION

Breaking Stalin's Nose
      by Eugene Yelchinr   (J Fiction, YA Fiction & CDAUDIO J Fiction)

Close to Famous
      by Joan Bauer   (J Fiction & YA Fiction)

The Summer of Hammers & Angels
      by Shannon Wiersbitzky   (J Paper)

Tuesdays at the Castle
      by Jessica Day George   (J Sci Fi)

True (--Sort of)
      by Katherine Hannigan   (J Fiction, YA Fiction & CDAUDIO YA Fiction)

Wonderstruck
      by Brian Selznick   (J Fiction & YA Fiction)

NONFICTION

America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2011: The Day the Towers Fell
      by Don Brown   (J 973.931 Brown)

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
      by Melissa Sweet   (J BIO Sarg T.)


Click here to see more William Allen White Award winners from previous years.