Ridgeview Library Media Center

Welcome 2025-2026

Library Mission Statement

The mission of the Ridgeview Library Media Center is to promote reading and research in both the students and staff members in order to create a life-long love of learning. It is our goal to grow students who can successfully access and fully use all the resources available to them, enhancing their lives and the lives they touch.

Award Winning Books

2025 William Allen White Winner

3rd- 5th Grade

The William Allen White Award was established to encourage the children of Kansas to read and enjoy good books. The winner is selected annually by the votes of Kansas school children who read the books chosen by the selection committee.

Odder

by Katherine Applegate

William Allen White Award

2025-26 Nominees

Kansas students who read at least 2 of these books will have the opportunity to vote for the winner in April, 2024.

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Elf Dog & Owl Head

by M.T. Anderson

Finally seen

by Kelly Yang

Just Gus

by McCall Hoyle

Hidden Hope

by Elisa Boxer

The Penguin of Ilha Grande: From Animal Adventure to Extraordinary Friendship

by Shannon Earle

Sparrow being Sparrow

by Gail Donovan

Squished

Megan Wagner Lloyd

How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

Carole Boston Weatherford

When Sea Becomes Sky

by Gillian McDunn

Zeus: Water Rescue

by W. Bruce Cameron

Bill Martin Jr.

Award Winner!

The Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award aims to promote an appreciation of quality literature in young children across Kansas.

Buffalo Fluffalo

by Bess Kalb

After a While, Crocodile

by Brad Sneed

The Bakery Dragon

by Devin Elle Kurtz

Cape

by Kevin Johnson

Creep, Leap, Crunch!

A Food Chain Story

by Judy Jensen Shaffer

The Curious Why

by Angela DiTerlizzi

Gravity is Bringing Me Down

by Wendelin Van Draanen

I'm Sorry You Got Mad

by Kyle Lukoff

The Color of Love

by Poppy Harlow & Laura Jarrett

Ursula Upside Down

by Corey R. Tabor

Wind is a Dance

by Debra Kempf Shumaker

2025 Caldecott

Award Winner!

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Chooch Helped

by Andrea L. Rogers

illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz

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2024 Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

The Eyes & The Impossible

by Dave Eggers

A story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes--to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park's elders, three ancient Bison. But changes are afoot. A story about friendship, beauty, liberation, and running very, very fast,.

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2024 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually to the author and illustrator of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers.

Fox Has a Problem

Written and Illustrated by Corey R. Tabor

Pura Belpré Book Award 2024 Winners

The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Click this link to see all 2023 winners. www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?wid=4