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= The William Allen White Children's Book Award* =



=What is the William Allen White Award?= ==The William Allen White Children’s Book Award is awarded to two authors each year. Children in Kansas decide who those authors will be from two lists of nominated books. This coming school year, 2009-2010, there are nine books on the third-fifth grade list and 11 on the sixth-eighth grade list. This award was the first state award that the children in that state had the opportunity to choose the winner. It was started in 1952 in honor of William Allen White, a famous newspaper editor from Emporia who was a very well-known author and the winner of two Pulitzer prizes in literature. Children may vote with their class or individually online until April 15 with the winners announced on the official Web site in late April or early May.==

[|The Official William Allen White Children's Book Awards site]
=Did You Know?=

William Allen White was a good friend of several American Presidents and was particularly close to Theodore Roosevelt.
= The 2008-2009 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Winners: =