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International

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.

National

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.

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Children's Choice - State

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.

Other Lists of Interest

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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