William Allen White Childens Book Award - Grades 3-5

Awards List

2016

Gingersnap
(Nominee)
Patricia Reilly Giff

Gone Fishing
(Nominee)
Tamera Will Wissinger

White Fur Flying
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Sugar
(Nominee)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Boy on the Porch
(Nominee)
Sharon Creech

Words with Wings
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

2015

Malcolm at Midnight
(Winner)
W.H. Beck

The Adventures of Beanboy
(Nominee)
Lisa Harkrader

Freaky Fast Frankie Joe
(Nominee)
Lutricia Clifton

The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
(Nominee)
Joanne Rocklin

The Summer of the Gypsy Moths
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

Prairie Evers
(Nominee)
Ellen Airgood

Malcolm at Midnight
(Nominee)
W.H. Beck

Don't Feed the Boy
(Nominee)
Irene Latham

On the Road to Mr. Mineo's
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

2014

Close to Famous
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

True (. . . Sort Of)
(Nominee)
Katherine Hannigan

The Summer of Hammers and Angels
(Nominee)
Shannon Wiersbitzky

Wonderstruck
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

Breaking Stalin's Nose
(Nominee)
Eugene Yelchin

Tuesdays at the Castle
(Nominee)
Jessica Day George

2013

Guinea Dog
(Winner)
Patrick Jennings

Out of My Mind
(Nominee)
Sharon M. Draper

Emily's Fortune
(Nominee)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Junkyard Wonders
(Nominee)
Patricia Polacco

2012

11 Birthdays
(Winner)
Wendy Mass

Extra Credit
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Family Reminders
(Nominee)
Julie Danneberg

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Nominee)
Grace Lin

The Boy Who Invented TV
(Nominee)
Kathleen Krull

2011

Buffalo Song
(Nominee)
Joseph Bruchac

42 Miles
(Nominee)
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
(Nominee)
Gerald Morris

Masterpiece
(Nominee)
Elise Broach

Freedom Train
(Nominee)
Evelyn Coleman

2010

A Friendship for Today
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

Bravo Zulu, Samantha!
(Nominee)
Kathleen Benner Duble

Home of the Brave
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

2009

Clementine
(Winner)
Sara Pennypacker

Punished!
(Nominee)
David Lubar

Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Larger-Than-Life Lara
(Nominee)
Dandi Daley Mackall

Toys Go Out
(Nominee)
Emily Jenkins

The Road to Paris
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

2008

A Dog's Life
(Winner)
Ann M. Martin

The Penderwicks
(Nominee)
Jeanne Birdsall

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

2007

The Report Card
(Winner)
Andrew Clements

Ida B
(Nominee)
Katherine Hannigan

Cats in Krasinski Square
(Nominee)
Karen Hesse

The Last Holiday Concert
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Thunder From The Sea
(Nominee)
Joan Hiatt Harlow

2005

Loser
(Winner)
Jerry Spinelli

2004

The Ghost Sitter
(Winner)
Peni R. Griffin

2002

The Landry News
(Winner)
Andrew Clements

2001

The Ghost of Fossil Glen
(Winner)
Cynthia DeFelice

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