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Hans Christian Andersen
Award
Given by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY),
this is the highest international honor in the field. Every other year
IBBY presents the Hans Christian Andersen Awards to an author and an illustrator,
living at the time of the nomination, whose complete works have made a
lasting contribution to children's literature.
Laura
Ingalls Wilder Medal
Given every two years by the Association for Library Service to Children,
a division of the American Library Association, the award honors an author
or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made,
over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature
for children.
Newbery
Medal
Given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of
the American Library Association, the award is presented annually to the
author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for
children published during the preceding year.
Caldecott
Medal
Given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of
the American Library Association, the award is presented annually to the
artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published
during the preceding year.
Sibert
Informational Book Award
Given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of
the American Library Association, the award is presented annually to the
author of the most distinguished American informational book for children
published during the preceding year.
Coretta
Scott King Award
Given by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's
Social Responsibilities Round Table, the award is presented annually to
authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books
promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."
Pura
Belpre Award
Given every two years by the Association for Library Service to Children
(ALSC) and the National Association to Promote Library Services to the
Spanish Speaking (REFORMA), the award is presented 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.
Scott O'Dell Award
Presented for a work of historical fiction published as a book intended
for children or young people, set in the New World (Canada, Central or
South America, or the United States), published in the preceding year
by a publisher in the United States, and written in English by a citizen
of the United States.
National Book Award for
Young People's Literature
Given by the Association of American Publishers, the award is presented
annually to recognize the outstanding contribution to children's literature
chosen from books of all genres written for children and young adults
by U.S. writers, with an emphasis on literary merit.
Golden Kite Award
Given by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for excellence
in the field of children's literature, awards are presented annually for
fiction, non-fiction, picture book text, and picture-illustration to the
most outstanding children's books published during that year and having
been written or illustrated by members of the Society of Children's Book
Writers and Illustrators. The works chosen are those that the judges feel
exhibit excellence in writing, and in the case of the picture-illustrated
books - in illustration, and genuinely appeal to the interests and concerns
of children.
Orbis
Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Given annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to promote
and recognize excellence in nonfiction writing.
Boston Globe/Horn
Book Award
Given by The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc. for excellence in
literature for children and young adults, the award is presented annually
in three categories - picture book, fiction and nonfiction - for books
published in the United States and written or illustrated by citizens
of any country.
Rhode Island Children's
Book Award
Chosen by children in Grades 3 through 6 from a list of 20 books selected
by a committee of the three sponsoring agencies - the Rhode Island State
Council of the International Reading Association, the Rhode Island Educational
Media Association, and the Rhode Island Library Association under the
coordination of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services.
Notable
Lists from the Association for Library Service to Children
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children, a division
of the American Library Association, recognizes notable children's books,
recordings, videos, computer software and websites
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
Each year the National Science Teachers Association in cooperation with
the Children's Book Council recognizes outstanding science books for young
people.
Notable Social Studies
Books for Young People
Each year the National Council for the Social Studies in cooperation with
the Children's Book Council recognizes outstanding social studies books
for young people.
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