Great Kids Can Read Award

Given by Greater Kansas City Association of School Librarians (GKCASL)

Other Names: GKCRead
59 Works 22,953 Books 581 Reviews ½ 3.9
Stages:
All, Winner (38), 2nd Place (1), 3rd Place (1), Nominee (20)
Years:
All, 2024 (10), 2023 (3), 2022 (10), 2021 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1)

Winner 38

WorkYear
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard2023
Pluto Gets the Call by Adam Rex2022
Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky2021
Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle by Deborah Lee Rose2020
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend by Sharon Robinson2019
Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed by Lesléa Newman2018
The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure by Doreen Cronin2017
Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year by Bill Harley2016
I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 - The Graphic Novel by Lauren Tarshis2015
Mason Dixon: Pet Disasters by Claudia Mills2014
Leo the Snow Leopard by Juliana Hatkoff2013
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle by Brian Dennis2012
Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Nick Bruel2011
Stinky and Successful: The Riot Brothers Never Stop by Mary Amato2010
Drooling and Dangerous: The Riot Brothers Return! by Mary Amato2009
Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King by Kathleen Krull2008
Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen2007
The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi2006
7 x 9 = Trouble! by Claudia Mills2005
I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch2004
My Dog, My Hero by Betsy Byars2003
Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel2002
Ghost Trap (A Wild Willie Mystery) by Barbara M Joosse2001
Bug Boy by Carol Sonenklar2000
Tornado by Betsy Byars1999
Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant1998
Nasty, Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting1997
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade by Betsy Duffey1996
The Stinky Sneakers Contest by Julie Anne Peters1995
Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli1994
The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake by Nancy Willard1993
Snot Stew by Bill Wallace1992
How To Survive Third Grade (American Sisters) by Laurie Lawlor1991
Fudge by Charlotte Towner Graeber1990
What's the Matter With Herbie Jones? by Suzy Kline1989
The Ghosts in the Attic by Betty Ren Wright1988
The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates by Susan Shreve1987
Rich Mitch by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat1986

3rd Place 1

WorkYear
Dinosaur Lady by Linda Skeers2023

2nd Place 1

WorkYear
Jax, Protector of the Ranch (Dog's Day) by Catherine Stier2023

Nominee 20

WorkYear
Aven Green Baking Machine (Volume 2) by Dusti Bowling2024
Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman by Sharice Davids2024
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard2024
Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero by Megan Hoyt2024
Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd2024
Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories by Annette Bay Pimentel2024
The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer by Mara Rockliff2024
Gladys the Magic Chicken by Adam Rubin2024
Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge by Ray Anthony Shepard2024
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued by Peter Sís2024
Pluto Gets the Call by Adam Rex2022
Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines by Sarah Aronson2022
Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson2022
What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. Mckissack2022
Parker Bell and the Science of Friendship by Cynthia Platt2022
The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson's Famous Frozen Treat by Anne Renaud2022
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon by Suzanne Slade2022
The Startup Squad by Brian Weisfeld2022
Thurgood by Jonah Winter2022
Marty's Mission: An Apollo 11 Story by Judy Young2022

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