William Allen White
Kansas Children's Choice Award
The William Allen White Award was the first statewide reader's choice award in the United States. It is selected annually by Kansas school children in grades four through eight.
The nomination list is created by the William Allen White Award Committee which is composed of teachers, librarians and parents. Children read nominated books between April and February, and they vote on their favorite book in March.
Votes are tallied at the William Allen White Library at Emporia State University, and the winner is announced in the Emporia Gazette.
The William Allen White Children's Choice Award is presented to the winning author by a Kansas child at a banquet in the Fall of the year.
William Allen White Award Winners
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| Magic of the Glits (1982) | C.S. Adler |
| White Falcon (1958) | Elliott Arnold |
| Cherokee Bill (1955) | Jean Bailey |
| Bristle Face (1965) | Zachary Ball |
| On My Honor (1989) | Marion Dane |
| Incredible Journey (1964) | Sheila Burnford |
| Cracker Jackson (1988) | Betsy Byars |
| Pinballs (1980) | Betsy Byars |
| Mouse and the Motorcycle (1968) | Beverly Cleary |
| Sasha, My Friend (1972) | Barbara Corcoran |
| Daniel Coon (1957) | Phoebe Erickson |
| Little Vic (1954) | Doris Gates |
| Old Yeller (1959) | Fred Gipson |
| Doll in the Garden (1992) | Mary Downing Hahn |
| Daphne's Book (1986) | Mary Downing Hahn |
| Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1956) | Marguerite Henry |
| The Grizzly (1967) | Annabel Johnson |
| From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1970) | E. L. Konigsburg |
| Kavik the Wolf Dog (1971) | Walt Morey |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1974 tie) | Robert C. O'Brien |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins (1963) | Scott O'Dell |
| Great Gilly Hopkins (1981) | Katerine Paterson |
| Hatchet (1990) | Gary Paulsen |
| Summer of the Monkey (1979) | Wilson Rawls |
| Shiloh (1994) | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| Henry Reed, Inc. (1961) | Keith Robertson |
| Henry Reed's Babysitting Service (1969) | Keith Robertson |
| Harry Cat's Pet Puppy (1977) | George Selden |
| War With Grandpa (1987) | Robert Kimmel Smith |
| Headless Cupid ( 1974 tie) | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
| Maniac Magee (1993) | Jerry Spinelli |
| Dominic (1975) | William Steig |
| Flaming Arrows (1960) | William Steele |
| Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper (1978) | Jean Van Leeuwen |
| Beauty (1991) | Bill Wallace |
| Peppermints in the Parlor (1983) | Barbara Brooks Wallace |
| Trumpet of the Swan (1973) | E.B. White |
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| Rascal (1966) | Sterling North |
| Light in the Attic (1984) | Shel Silverstein |
| Land I Lost (1985) | Huynh Quang Nhuong |
| Amos Fortune, Free Man (1953) | Elizabeth Yates |
| Helen Keller Story (1962) | Catherine Peare |