Children’s Literature

Children’s Book Awards

ALA American Library Association

Awards and Grantshttp://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards

Newbery Award

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal

The One and Only IvanKatherine ApplegateHarper Collins

Randolph Caldecott Medal

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.

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal

This is Not my Hatillustrated and written by Jon KlassenCandlewick Press

Pura Belpre Award

The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, 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. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA affiliate.http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/4/detail

Martin de Porres: The Rose in the DesertIllustrated David Diazwritten by Gary D. SchmidtClarion Books

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseWritten by Benjamin Alire Saenz Simon and SchusterPrintz, Stonewall, Pura Belpre

Coretta Scott King Award

Designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards annually recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience. Further, the Award encourages the artistic expression of the black experience via literature and the graphic arts in biographical, social, and historical treatments by African American authors and illustrators.

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed AmericaAndrea Pinkney, authorBrian Pinkney, IllustratorSun Books

I, Too, Am America by Bryan Collier, Simon and Schuster

Charlotte Zolotow Award

The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States in the preceding year. Established in 1998, the award is named to honor the work of Charlotte Zolotow, a distinguished children’s book editor for 38 years with Harper Junior Books and author of more than 70 picture books, including such classic works as Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present and William’s Doll.

Each KindnessJacqueline Woodson, authorE.B. Lewis, illustratorPaulsen Books

http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/zolotow.asp

IRA Children’s and Young Adults Book Awards

http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants/childrens_ira.aspx

National Book Award – Young People’s Literature

Goblin SecretsWilliam AlexanderSimon and Schuster

Nonfiction Award Winners

YALSA Non-fiction Award for Young Adults NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Best non-Fiction for Children