Award Books

American Indian Youth Literature Award
http://www.ailanet.org/activities/youthlitaward.htm
First awarded in 2008, this award honors the best writing and illustrations by and about Native American Indians.

Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/aa/index.cfm
The Americas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portry Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latiinos in the United States.

A Baker's Dozen
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/familylit/books/default.html#bd
Thirteen titles - a Baker's Dozen - are selected as the very best picture books published in the preceding year and chosen to fulfill the goals of family literacy programs across the nation: to create lifelong readers and lovers of books and to start with the youngest audience - preschool children. Selected by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book.

Best Books for Young Adults
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/bbyahome.cfm
The 15-member committee annually narrows down hundreds of submissions into their top choices that meet the criteria of both good literary quality and popular reading appeal for teens, ages 12-18.

Boston Globe-Horn Book
http://www.hbook.com/bghb/
The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are given to outstanding children's fiction, poetry, picture books, and non-fiction published in the United States, but not necessarily by an American author or artist.

Randolph Caldecott Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.  It 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.

Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award
http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Young_Adult_Canadian_Book_Award
This award is given in recognition of an outstanding work by a Canadian author for young people between the ages of 13 and 18.

CILIP Carnegie Medal
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/home/index.php
The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded annually by children's librarians to an outstanding book published in the UK for children and young people.

Coretta Scott King Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/index.cfm
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Corretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of Dr. King's dream for America.

The Cybils
http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/
This site provides fine reviews and interviews from the Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards.

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/
Compiled and indexed by Lisa R. Bartle, this site is intended for use by an adult on a child's behalf, but children are able to use it as well. It has a multifaceted search function that allows many varieties of searches and can be narrowed to a specific award.

Ezra Jack Keats Award
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/bookawards/index.html
This award is given each year to an outstanding new author and illustrator of children's books.

Geisel Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward/geiselabout/index.cfm
Established in 2004, this important award recognizes authors and illustrators of beginning reader books.

The Golden Kite Awards
http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Golden-Kite-Award
The Golden Kite Award, first given in 1973, is the only major children's book award presented by one's peers, and therefore, is one of the most respected and coveted honors in teh field.

Hans Christian Andersen Awards
http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273
The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. The Author's Award has been given since 1956 and the Illustrator's Award since 1966. The nominations are made by the National Sections of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) and the recipients are selected by a distinguished international jury of children's literature specialists.

Kate Greenaway Medal
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway/
The Kate Greenaway Medal was established by The Library Association in 1955 (UK), for distinguished illustration in a book for children. it is named after the popular nineteenth century artist known for her fine children's illustrations and designs.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/wilderabout/index.cfm
Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award was first given to its namesake in 1954. The award, a bronze medal, 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.

Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/activities/hopkins/index.html
This annual award is administered by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book and goes to the best book of children's poetry published in the United States in the preceding year. Co-sponsored with Mr. Hopkins, Penn State University Libraries, and the Pennsylvania School Librarians' Association, 2009 marks the 17th anniversary of the award.

The Margaret A. Edwards Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/margaretedwards.cfm
Established in 1988, this award honors an author's lifetime achievement for writing books that have been popular over a period of time. It recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addresses questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world.

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=bookmediaawards&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=170872
This award honors Mildred L. Batchelder, a former executive director of the Association for Library Service to Children, a believer in the importance of good books for children in translation from all parts of the world. It is awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.

The John Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to literature for children. It is the oldest and most respected of all the children's and young adult literature awards.

Pura Belpre Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm
Co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children and REFORMA, this award honors Latino authors and illustrators whose work celebrates the Latino culture in children's books.

Rebecca Caudill Readers Book Award
http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/
This Illinois award, co-sponsored by the Illinois Reading Council, the Illinois School Library Media Association, and the Illinois Association of Teachers of English was developed to encourage children and young adults to read for personal satisfaction. The web site includes annotated bibliographies for all books that have been nominated for the award since 1988, teacher resources with advice for displays, and student reviews of nominees. Students can also submit their own review of a book currently nominated.

Regina Medal
http://www.cathla.org/awards_regina.php
The Regina Medal award, established in 1959 and sponsored by the Catholic Library Association, is administered by the Children's Library Services Section through the Regina Medal Committee at the will of the Catholic Library Association Executive Board. The medal honors an individuals continued contribution to children's literature.

Robert Sibert Informational Book Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm
The Sibert Medal, sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children, is given to the author and illustrator of the best English language informational book for children published in the preceding year.

Sydney Taylor Book Award
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/stba/index.htm
This award is given for the most outstanding books of Jewish content for children. The award is named in honor of the late Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family books about a Jewish immigrant family at the turn of the twentieth century.

Virginia Hamilton Literary Award
http://virginia-hamilton.slis.kent.edu/awards.html
Recognizing an American author or illustrator whose books demonstrate artistic excellence and make a significant contribution to the field of multicultural literature for children and adolescents.