The Kansas Authors Club Children’s Book Award was created in 2018 to honor the best book written with an audience of children in mind. The Children’s Book Award is sponsored in memory of Craig Grant. Craig was a champion of public education. He believed reading is basic to sharing our thoughts and feelings; understanding and accepting our differences and sameness; and helping us to learn about our world.
Kansas Authors Club Children's Book Award
Award Winners
2022 Janey Olsen, Famous Artist of the Beach, by H.C. Friesen, Manhattan, D4
2021 Zara the Zebu, by Adelaide Bauman, Toronto KS, D3
2020 I Love the Child, by Ronda Miller, Lawrence, D2
2019 A Friend for Henry, by Jenn Bailey, Leawood, D2
2018 Bird, Glendyn Buckley, Topeka, D1, Illustrated by Barbara Waterman Peters, Topeka, D1
Award Winners
2022 Janey Olsen, Famous Artist of the Beach, by H.C. Friesen, Manhattan, D4
2021 Zara the Zebu, by Adelaide Bauman, Toronto KS, D3
2020 I Love the Child, by Ronda Miller, Lawrence, D2
2019 A Friend for Henry, by Jenn Bailey, Leawood, D2
2018 Bird, Glendyn Buckley, Topeka, D1, Illustrated by Barbara Waterman Peters, Topeka, D1