Kansas Authors Club Children's Book Award
Award Winners
2025 Ghost Town Treasure Hunt, by Abbi Lee, Wichita
Finalists:
First Comes a Butterfly, by Sherry Krehbiel
Pirate Chickens Attackkkk!!! by Ashley Donegan
2024 Henry, Like Always, by Jenn Bailey, Leawood, D2
2023 Meowsterpieces, by Jenn Bailey, Leawood, D2
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
2025 Ghost Town Treasure Hunt, by Abbi Lee, Wichita
Finalists:
First Comes a Butterfly, by Sherry Krehbiel
Pirate Chickens Attackkkk!!! by Ashley Donegan
2024 Henry, Like Always, by Jenn Bailey, Leawood, D2
2023 Meowsterpieces, by Jenn Bailey, Leawood, D2
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