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An article (May 31st, 2007) in The Economist makes the point about the huge disparity in exposure to language between groups of people. The article is actually about the role of marriage in wealth maintenance and creation in different classes but has this aside about the impact of those differences on language exposure.

Research also suggests that middle- and working-class parents approach child-rearing in different ways. Professional parents shuttle their kids from choir practice to baseball camp and check that they are doing their homework. They also talk to them more. One study found that a college professor's kids hear an average of 2,150 words per hour in the first years of life. Working-class children hear 1,250 and those in welfare families only 620.

The E.B. White Read Aloud Award, established in 2004, honors a book that reflects the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E.B White in his classic books for children: Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan.

Established in 1938, the Caldecott Medal and honors are awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picturebook for children. The award is sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children within the broader American Library Association.

Go to the booklist of the Caldecott Medal winners that are in print to order any of these titles.

A Fuse#8 Productions - A librarian at the New York Public Library's The Donnell Central Children's Reading Room, fusenumber8 is a prolific blogger and reviewer plus a lot of fun to read. Her interests are wide ranging, (just about anything to do with children's books), her commentary direct, her wit tart. Enjoy.

Bottom Shelf Books - Authored by Minh Le, in Washington, D.C. this one is a lot of fun. His reviews and commentary are witty and racy. Not to everyone's genteel taste perhaps but I certainly appreciate his slightly off angle and off-color perspective. If I knew how to link to a particular place in a blog I would. In the meantime, try this alternative review of Mike Mulligan and his steamshovel as a sample of Le's style:

Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Mary Anne are the toast of the town until the arrival of gasoline, electric, and diesel shovels render them obsolete. Unable to find work, Mike and Mary Anne move to a small town in search of employment.

Children, repeat after me: Karma's a bitch. As you may recall, the steam engine is what put folk hero John Henry out of commission. The legendary steel-drivin' man died after defeating the steam engine in a race. While Henry won the battle, his death meant that the steam engine won the war. Actually, the steam engine didn't win the war, because the industrial revolution is a heartlessly efficient devourer of souls and steam engines like Mary Anne eventually get replaced, joining John Henry in the dustbin of history.

Mary Anne's descent may be a case of poetic justice, but hers is a struggle that we can all relate to. Everyone strives to prove that they are special... but no matter how hot you are, something new will eventually come along to make you yesterday's news. Just ask Jennifer Lopez.

So kids, take note: Everyone eventually gets trampled by the steady march of time. You're young and cute now, but once that new baby comes along... well, you better start learning your multiplication tables or excel in a sport because you can't get by on your cuteness anymore. Welcome to the real world, punk. Now stop crying and get a job.

Project Gutenberg is the brainchild of Michael Hart. Starting in 1971 he, with an ever increasing crowd of volunteers, has been digitizing texts into simple .txt files and making them available at this site. They focus on out-of-copyright books and their range of books is staggering. Children's books are only a portion of what is available here. I use them for finding especially obscure exploration and travel texts but there is something for everyone.

Kids Web Japan - Not exactly my cup of tea but it does have a series of traditional Japanese folktales. I find the Japanese folktales fascinating, there are at the same time so many parallels with many European folktales and yet you often hit a perspective or angle of the story that is so different. This site allows you to select a tale which yields an animated slide show of the story with the text below each slide.

ALAN Review - Online home of the ALAN Review, published by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, a special-interest group of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).

Lesson plan Sharon Jenkins and Jennifer Singer for Things Fall Apart by Chinue Achebe.

The Great Books Foundation is an independent, nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to help people learn how to think and share ideas.  Towards  this end, the Foundation publishes collections of classic and modern texts for children and adults,  and conducts training in the Shared InquiryTM method of discussion throughout the United States and abroad.

The mission of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is: To establish literacy as a value in every family in America, by helping every family in the nation understand that the home is the child's first school, that the parent is the child's first teacher, and that reading is the child's first subject; and to break the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy, by supporting the development of family literacy programs where parents and children can learn and read together.

The Center for Children's Books have put together a collection of websites, Storytelling Websites, pertinent to the art and practice of storytelling.

Literacy Center.net - This site "provides safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. All online lessons are free of advertising and free of charge." The activities include recognizing upper and lower case letters, numbers, shapes and colors as well as some basic spelling. The activities are available in English, Dutch, French and Spanish.

The Children's Literature Association seeks:

To encourage serious scholarship and research in children's literature. To enhance the professional stature of the graduate and undergraduate teaching of children's literature. To encourage high standards of criticism in children's literature through

fellowships and scholarships to assist members in research

an annual award for the most significant critical article written about children's literature

an annual award for the most significant book of criticism, history or scholarship in the field of children's literature

the Phoenix Award, for the most outstanding book for children published twenty years earlier which did not receive a major award at the time of publication

an annual conference devoted to the discussion and exploration of children's literature

an annual award for the best undergraduate paper written about some aspect of children's literature

In 1987 the Audio Publishers Association (APA), a not-for-profit trade association, was created to:

Advocate high production value and advise on industry-specific technical standards; Serve as a networking, educational and information forum for its members; Deliver programs and services that serve the common business interests for its members; and Promote policies and activities that accelerate audiobook industry growth.

APA and its members work to bring all audio publishers together to create increased public awareness for the audiobook industry through joint publicity efforts, national consumer surveys, trade show exhibits, an association newsletter, and the annual APA conference – APAC.

The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is the not for profit peak body for Australian booksellers. We represent the shared aims of a diverse membership of chain, franchise, independent, campus and second hand bookshops. Our members proudly display the ABA logo on their shopfronts and websites.

As a service organisation, the ABA executive and staff embrace the principles of member focus, quality projects and relevance to member and community needs.

The Australian Centre for Youth Literature promotes reading. It offers exciting and affordable book events for young people and professionals. Teenagers and children meet great writers and talented young actors - bringing reading to life. Professional learning programs and the biennial Reading Matters conference keep adults in touch with crucial issues and ideas in youth literature.

The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is the peak industry body for Australian book, journal and electronic publishers. Established in 1948, the association is an advocate for all Australian publishers: large or small; commercial or non-profit; academic or popular; locally or overseas owned.

Over the years the APA has grown into an organisation of considerable influence. From modest beginnings and a membership of twenty, the Association now has over 160 members and represents 91% of the industry, based on turnover.

The Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) is a national authority, a peak forum in the field of teacher librarianship and school library resource services.

Its aim is to maximise opportunities for students to obtain independent lifelong learning and decision making skills through ASLA's commitment to :

High professional standards Awareness of advances and changes in technology and the competence and ability to teach and use it Effective, cooperative use of school resource services by the whole school community Qualified teacher librarians with an image of excellence Optimum use of the dual skills of teaching and librarianship

The Australian Society of Authors is the professional association for Australia's literary creators.

The ASA was formed in 1963 to promote and protect the rights of Australia's writers and illustrators, and now has almost 3000 members across Australia.

The Blogna Children's Book Fair is the world's leading event for children's publishing copyright professionals.

For 45 years, Bologna hosts in the spring the premier meeting among the world’s producers of children’s content: book publishers, literary agents, TV/film companies, and licensing developers. A forum thoroughly addressing every aspect of this field.

Booktrust is an independent national charity that encourages people of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy reading.

This web site provides free resources and recommendations for teachers, librarians and parents about books for young people of all ages.

Welcome to the Canadian Children’s Book Centre's home on the web!
A national not-for-profit organization and registered charity, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) was founded in 1976 to promote, support and encourage the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for children and teens.

With book collections and extensive resources in five cities across Canada, the CCBC is a treasure-trove for anyone interested in Canadian books for young readers. Through our publications and programs (such as the quarterly magazine, Canadian Children’s Book News and the annual TD Canadian Children’s Book Week), the CCBC actively promotes Canadian books and brings their readers and creators together.

The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children's and young adult literature. The CCBC is a noncirculating examination, study, and research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children's and young adult literature. The CCBC is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) School of Education (SoE), and receives additional support from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

Good literature promotes literacy. The Center for Children’s Books is a crossroads for critical inquiry, professional training, and educational outreach related to literature for youth from birth through adolescence. In partnership with The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books—an authoritative analytic review journal—the Center aims to inspire and inform adults who connect young people with resources in person, in print, and online. An integral part of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, the Center sponsors activities and hosts interdisciplinary research projects involving both theory and practice. In its dual role as research collection and educational community, the Center has national impact on the future of reading and readers.

The Children's Book Council, Inc. is the nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults

The goals of the Children's Book Council are:

• to make the reading and enjoyment of children's books an essential part of America's educational and social goals;

• to enhance public perception of the importance of reading by disseminating information about books and related materials for young people and information about children's book publishing; and

• to create materials to support literacy and reading encouragement programs and to encourage the annual observance of National Children's Book Week and Young People's Poetry Week.

The Children's Book Council of Australia aims to foster children's enjoyment of books through:

Managing the Children's Book of the Year Awards.

Providing information on and encouragement to authors and illustrators.

Organising exhibitions and activities during Children's Book Week.

Supporting children's library services.

Promoting high standards in book reviewing.

Founded in 1945, the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C. is a professional organization that serves the community by promoting high standards in children's literature and encouraging the love of good books.

Children's Literature for Children is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, educational organization dedicated to bringing children and books together. CLC began in 1972 at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, as the first structured academic course in children's literature. Now CLC's programs are in hospitals and schools throughout the United States and in countries all over the world.

Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania Children's Department came into existence in 1963. In 1994 was reorganized into the Children's Literature Centre (CLC).

CLC accumulates, processes, and stores children's literature, both original and in translation, as well as works on history, theory and literary criticism, informative and reference publications from various countries related to children's literature. The aim of CLC is to acquire, as full as possible, earlier Lithuanian and translated children's books and books published by Lithuanian exiles. CLC collection numbers approximately 102.000 volumes.

The Children's Literature Connection is an organization dedicated to the advancement of children's literature. Our goals include encouraging networking and collaboration among writers, illustrators, teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, editors, parents, and others, and strengthening the connection between the people who create children's books and the people who use them.

Recent changes in education policy are discouraging teachers from using authentic children's literature in school. Part of our mission is to provide a counterpoint to those arguments. Our children won't be literate if they don't read literature.

Eastern Michigan University has been and continues to be a pioneer in Children’s Literature Studies. The EMU library houses one of the largest collections of children's literature in the nation. In a speech dedicating the "Helbig Collection of Literature for Children and Young People" to the Friends of EMU’s Halle Library, Alethea Helbig said those who founded Children’s Literature Studies at EMU in the late 1960s—Marjorie Miller, Helen Hill, Agnes Perkins, G.B. Cross, and herself—were instrumental in defining Children’s Literature as a field of study: “Trained in literature studies, we looked at children's books somewhat differently from what had long been the case. We saw them as works of imaginative literature worthy of critical examination in their own right, rather than as handmaidens for teaching reading or other subject matter, although those are legitimate uses. And we began to discover that others elsewhere in academe were doing the same.”

Welcome to the online home of the Educational Paperback Association, an association of wholesalers and publishers who supply paperback books, prebound books and other materials to schools and libraries.

The Fremantle Children's Literature Centre aims to make literature more accessible in a rich, happy, stimulating environment and provide a focus for all those interested in children's literature, bringing together students, teachers, parents, authors, illustrators and specialists in the field.

Exhibitions of original manuscripts, preliminary drawings and original artwork show the collaborative process involved in creating children's and young adult picture books. Interactive workshops are run for students from pre primary to tertiary level and professional development seminars for teachers, librarians, writers and illustrators. There is a comprehensive authors and illustrators in residence programme for approximately 16 weeks annually.

The Centre has an ever-increasing rural, interstate and international residence programme wherein Centre staff and, whenever possible, authors and illustrators, undertake literature programmes in places as diverse as Bangkok, Christmas Island, Somerset, Qld, Adelaide, Kalgoorlie, Broome, Dalwallinu and remote Aboriginal communities.

Hollins offers summer M.A. and M.F.A. programs exclusively in the study and writing of children's literature. One of the few in the country to offer humanities graduate degrees in children's literature, we are, we believe, the only one to offer them in the study and writing of children's literature.

The study of children’s literature as a scholarly experience was initiated at Hollins in 1973 by the major American poet and children’s poet William Jay Smith. Possibly the most widely known and read alumna of the college is Margaret Wise Brown, a 1932 graduate, among whose many books for children are the classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Among the many other Hollins students who have written for children
are Katharine Boling, Joan Carris, John Hay, Betty Hicks, Hillary Homzie, Robin D. Jones, A. LaFaye, Katie Letcher Lyle, Marilyn MacGregor, William Miller, Patricia Mills, Lee Robinson, Karen Adams Sulkin, Eve Tal, Michelle Taylor, Sylvia Wilkinson, and Willie Wilson.

Independent Online Booksellers Association was founded in 1999 by a group of concerned online booksellers. When the internet began to take on a life of its own around this time, and several pioneer used/out-of-print/antiquarian book search services opened their electronic doors for business, the booksellers who were really their partners in this new venture were thrilled with the results, as were our customers. Even at this early date, however, it became obvious that we needed to reconcile the wonderful efficiency and relative anonymity of online selling with the importance of maintaining traditional values. Forming a trade association gave us an opportunity to address the key issues of establishing trust between bookseller and book buyer, helping to train future generations of new booksellers, advocating for our members, and acting as a clearinghouse for information.

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.

IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.

Founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1927 at an international conference, we celebrated our 75th birthday at our conference in Glasgow, Scotland in 2002. We now have 1700 Members in 150 countries around the world. IFLA was registered in the Netherlands in 1971. The Royal Library, the national library of the Netherlands, in The Hague, generously provides the facilities for our headquarters.

The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community – children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online.

The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry. Our members consist of academic, trade and professional publishers, hardware and software companies, digital content retailers, libraries, educational institutions, accessibility advocates and related organizations whose common goals are to advance the competitiveness and exposure of digital publishing.

The International Publishers Association (IPA) is the global non-governmental organisation representing all aspects of book and journal publishing worldwide. Established in 1896, IPA's mission is to promote and protect publishing and to raise awareness for publishing as a force for cultural and political advancement worldwide. IPA is an industry association with a human rights mandate.

International Readding Association was founded in 1956 as a professional organization for those involved in teaching reading to learners of all ages. Our members are dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by

Improving the quality of reading instruction

Disseminating research and information about reading

Encouraging the lifetime reading habit

The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) is a non-profit organization incorporated in February of 1997 in the state of Texas. We are located at the corner of North First & Cedar streets in a beautifully renovated circa 1920 building. Come see us or call 325-673-4586.

The NCCIL is a unique example of the power of a community committed to children and literacy. A 1995 feasibility study by arts researcher Nancy Pressley indicated a need for exhibitors of art from children's literature. In 1996, the NCCIL was established as a collaborative effort of the Junior League of Abilene, the Museums of Abilene, and a community, state and nationally based steering committee.

The NCCIL provides recognition of the artistic achievements of illustrators and gallery exhibitions of their works. Additionally, the NCCIL designs educational programming that relates to illustrations in children's literature in order to stimulate creativity, promote literacy and to increase appreciation for art.

http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.1204561/k.BD7C/Home.htmFamily literacy succeeds because it builds on the motivation parents have for their own children’s success.

Literacy is the change agent that inspires families and communities to raise the achievement bar. Family is the conduit for longlasting, meaningful change. Working together with families, communities and dedicated partners, the National Center for Family Literacy services bring about change to ensure that parents and children achieve their goals for success.

NCFL pioneered the approach that puts family at the forefront of educational reform. Since its inception in 1989, NCFL has provided the leadership to solve our national literacy problem.

Through groundbreaking initiatives, NCFL fuels life improvement for the nation’s most disadvantaged children and parents. More than 1 million families throughout the country have made positive educational and economic gains as a result of NCFL’s work, which includes training more than 150,000 teachers and thousands of volunteers.

The National Centre for Research in Children's Literature (NCRCL) facilitates and supports research exchange in the field of children's literature. The NCRCL is based at Roehampton University, which houses several collections which are held in the Children's Literature Collection and in the Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies.

This website provides information about (primarily UK) resources, activities, and individuals, and links to useful World Wide Web sites. In order to develop our pages we depend on information from users as well as our own databases and sources of information, so if you have information which you think should appear under any of these headings, please contact the NCRCL.

The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Since 1911, NCTE has provided a forum for the profession, an array of opportunities for teachers to continue their professional growth throughout their careers, and a framework for cooperation to deal with issues that affect the teaching of English.

Mission Statement

Here is NCTE's mission statement as it appears in the NCTE Strategic Plan (8/90):

"The Council promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language."

What is National D.E.A.R. Day?
D.E.A.R. stands for Drop Everything and Read. National D.E.A.R. Day is a special reading celebration to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority.

Who Is Leading the National D.E.A.R. Day Celebration? The National Education Association (NEA); Parent Teacher Association (PTA); HarperCollins Children’s Books; the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association; Reading Rockets; First Book; the Newspaper Association of America Foundation (NAAF) and Ramona Quimby.

The National Literacy Trust, founded in 1993, is an independent charity dedicated to building a literate nation. The importance of literacy has long been recognised: it underpins all educational achievement and is central to economic advance; it helps develop human potential and raises self-esteem. Our vision is of a society where literacy is a valued part of everybody's life and all have the reading, writing and communication skills required to support their goals. We are the only organisation concerned with raising literacy standards for all age groups throughout the UK.

Oyate is a Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed honestly, and so that all people will know our stories belong to us. For Native children, it is as important as it has ever been for them to know who they are and what they come from. It is a matter of survival. For all children, it is time to learn the truth of history. Only in this way will they come to have the understanding and respect for each other that now, more than ever, will be necessary for life to continue.

Our work includes evaluation of texts, resource materials and fiction by and about Native peoples; conducting of teacher workshops, in which participants learn to evaluate children's material for anti-Indian biases; administration of a small resource center and library; and distribution of children's, young adult, and teacher books and materials, with an emphasis on writing and illustration by Native people.

This library offers the reader a series of identification sheets about books, authors, illustrators and film adaptations of children's and young people's literature.
What makes this site special are your comments, the possibility to get links to some author's work and to some excerps fo the original writing.
For all this, any suggestion that you may have is welcomed.
When creating this site, we have chosen to give a large selection rather than lots of information about one book. Our selection criteria are based on the possibility of linking information, linking text and image and other interesting references.
Every sheet is formed of objective information, links to other sheets of the same author, illustrator or work. This allows the reader to run through different aspects and sources of every xork and to discover multiple interactions.
This library should be useful to think about the interaction, exchange and influences between books for children and young people, graphic arts, scenic arts, cinema, cartoon films and multimedia. It is for this reason that we have included films multimedia adaptations, if they happen to be relevant.

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, formed in 1971 by a group of Los Angeles based writers for children, is the only international organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children’s literature. The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people. There are currently more than 19,000 members worldwide, in over 70 regions, making it the largest children's writing organization in the world.

School-libraries.net is a directory of links to web pages created by and for school librarians.

Storytelling, the language art that pre-dates written history, is now served by two organizations, both headquartered in Jonesborough, Tennessee where the American storytelling revival was jump-started by the first National Storytelling Festival in 1973.

The success of that first festival led to the founding of the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling (NAPPS), which changed its name to the National Storytelling Association (NSA) in 1994.

In 1998, NSA, in an effort to better serve the needs of the diverse storytelling community, divided into two separate organizations, National Storytelling Network (NSN) and the International Storytelling Center (ISC).

Both organizations are dedicated to advancing the art of storytelling - as a performing art, teaching aid, and cultural transformation process. Both SFI and NSN jointly own the annual National Storytelling Festival, and ISC produces the event.

NSN is a member driven organization, with a Board of Directors elected by members from seven regions across America. It offers direct services, publications and educational opportunities to several thousand individuals, local storytelling guilds and associations. These services are designed to improve the quality of storytelling at all levels - in entertainment venues, in classrooms, organizations, medical fields and wherever storytelling can make a contribution to quality of life.

The Authors Guild has been the nation's leading advocate for writers' interests in effective copyright protection, fair contracts and free expression since it was founded as the Authors League of America in 1912. It provides legal assistance and a broad range of web services to its members.

The Center for Children's Literature and Culture is an interdisciplinary center based in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. Members of the Center include faculty and researchers from the University community; teachers, librarians, media specialists, and others working directly with children; and artists and writers creating works for children in print and other media.

Our purpose is to encourage the exploration of this vital area of our cultural life through scholarly and critical investigations; through meetings, symposia, and seminars; and through the development of innovative ways to make the research and concerns of our members and outside scholars available to the general public.

One of the key resources in our endeavors is the Baldwin Collection of Historical Children's Literature, consisting of nearly 100,000 volumes, housed in the University of Florida's Special Collections. The Baldwin Library is one of the leading historical collections of children's literature in the country -- indeed, in the world. The Center is committed to working in close cooperation with the Baldwin Library to help raise public awareness of the contents of this remarkable collection.

Founded in 1967, The Mythopoeic Society is a non-profit international literary and educational organization for the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantastic and mythic literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams.

The Soho Center is a Non-Profit National Resource for Quality Child Care & Education - Children's literacy, school success, and quality child care are important for America's future. It makes good sense to do everything we can to enhance them.

The foundation Svenska barnboksinstitutet, SBI (The Swedish Institute for Children's Books), is a special library open to the public and an information centre for children's and young people's literature. The aim is to promote this kind of literature in Sweden as well as Swedish children's and young people's literature abroad. The charter is dated December 7, 1965 and operations commenced in 1967. From July, 1, 1989, the Institute has had the Royal Library as a supervisory authority. The board is made up of representatives from all the founders and the chairman is appointed by the Government.

The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) serves as the U.S. national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), which was founded to promote international understanding and good will through books for children and teenagers. USBBY's purpose is to:

Explore and promote reading materials of literary merit that have been created around the world for young people

Cooperate with IBBY and with organizations whose objective are similar to those of IBBY

Facilitate the exchange of information about books of international interest for young people

Promote the reading of these books by young people in the U.S.

The mission of the Young Adult Library Services Association is to advocate, promote and strengthen service to young adults as part of the continuum of total library service, and to support those who provide service to this population.

The Aesop Prize and Aesop Accolades are conferred annually by the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society upon English language books for children and young adults, both fiction and nonfiction.

Established in 1992.

The Children's Africana Book Awards were established in 1991 by the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association to encourage the publication and use of accurate, balanced children's books on Africa. The awards focus specifically on books published in the United States about Africa. Since 1991, 37 awards have been presented to the authors and illustrators of outstanding books. Awards are presented in two categories: Best Book for Young Children and the Best Book for Older Readers. Honor books receive special certificates. The awards are announced in the fall of the year.

Established 1991.

Annually, the Association for Library Service to Children chooses notable children's books, recordings, software, videos and websites. Awarded to:  A group award given to 63-90 books (63 from 1999; 90 from 2002). Chapter books and picture books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (through age 14) of especially commendable quality and creativity, and must be published in the United States during the year preceding the Midwinter Meeting. ALA

Established 1996.

The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998, and became an official American Library Association award in 2002.

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing.

The award is sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist. Edwards was a young adult specialist for many years at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. Her work is described in her book Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts, and over the years she has served as an inspiration to librarians who serve young adults. The Alex Awards are named after Edwards, who was called “Alex” by her friends.

Established in 1998.

The Alberta Literary Awards, with categories in novel, non-fiction, poetry, short fiction, drama, and children’s literature recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors. The $1000 prizes are awarded annually for works created the preceding year.

Sponsored by the Writers Guild of Alberta.

The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award is awarded to an outstanding Canadian illustrator, or permanent resident of Canada, of a children's book published in Canada during the previous calendar year which is suitable for children up to age 14. The text of the book must be worthy of the illustrations

Established 1971. Sponsored by the Canadian Library Association.

The American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award is awarded to: "honor the 'hidden treasures' that ABA bookstore members most enjoyed recommending to their customers during the previous year." Began:  1991, but children's award added in 1993. Changed its name in 2000 to Book Sense. Children's award divided into illustrated and non-illustrated awards in 2001.

Established in 1993. Sponsored by the American Booksellers Association.

The American Instute of Physics Children's Science Writing Award is intended to promote effective science communication in print and broadcast media in order to improve the general public's appreciation of physics, astronomy, and allied science fields.

The 2007 prize will be awarded to a book, article, or booklet intended for children between preschool ages and fifteen of age, and published between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2006. The deadline for this prize is March 1, 2007.

The Américas 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 portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere.

Established in 1993. Sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).

In 1990, the Nova Scotia Library Association established the Ann Connor Brimer Award for writers residing in Atlantic Canada who have made an outstanding contribution to children's literature.

The impetus for the award came from the late Ann Connor Brimer who was a strong advocate of Canadian children's literature and saw the need to recognize and encourage children's writers in Atlantic Canada.

Established in 1990. Sponsored by the Nova Scotia Library Association.

The Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize program honors Anne Spencer Lindbergh, eldest daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who died of cancer in 1993 at the age of 53. Anne Spencer Lindbergh was an acclaimed author of juvenile fantasies which place ordinary children in extraordinary situations. Nick of Time, The People in Pineapple Place, Three Lives to Live and The Worry Week are a few of her more well-known books.

The Prize program offers a $5,000 award to the author whose children's fantasy novel is judged to be the best published in the English language over a two-year period. In addition, one or more Honor Books may be chosen, each receiving a $1,000 prize for the author.

Established in 1995. Sponsored by Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation.

Grand Canyon Reader Award (GCRA), formerly, the Arizona Young Readers' Awards (AYRA)

The purpose of these awards is to stimulate the interest of young readers in outstanding literature written primarily for them. An additional aim of the award is to encourage cooperation among administrators, library media specialists, and teachers in broadening the reading programs at all levels. Since 1977, these awards have had a place among the national children's literature awards.

Ten (10) books are nominated for each of the four categories: picture books, intermediate books, teen books, and non-fiction books. Starting in 2008, the category for Teen will be called T'ween and Teen; and a new category will be started for recommended teen books that will not be a voting category. Books are read and voted upon by the state's children during the period from announcement through the voting deadline. Students may read and vote for books in more than one category.

Established in 1977. Sponsored by the Arizona Library Association.

The year 2007 marks the 24th year for the prestigious Arthur Ellis Awards, named after the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman and recognizing excellence in Canadian crime writing.

Awards are presented in six categories (including Best Juvenile) for works in the crime genre published for the first time in the previous year by authors living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, or by Canadian writers living outside of Canada.

Juvenile Award established in 1994. Sponsored by Crime Writers of Canada.

The Henry Bergh Children's Book Award was established to honor books that promote the humane ethic of compassion and respect for all living things.

Henry Bergh was the champion of more than just one cause. In 1866, he founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA®), the first humane organization in the Western Hemisphere granted the authority to enforce local animal protection laws. Today, the ASPCA has over 1,000,000 members and donors nationwide, and continues to create national programs to prevent cruelty to animals.

Established in 2000. Sponsored by the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Astrid Lindgren is Sweden’s favourite author and one of the world’s most popular. She passed away in 2002 at the age of 94, but her stories will live forever. To honour her memory and promote children’s and youth literature around the world, the Swedish government has founded an international prize in her name: The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

The award, of five million Swedish crowns, is the world’s largest for children’s and youth literature, and the second-largest literature prize in the world.

From the Swedish people to the world

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is in many ways an award from the Swedish people to the world. This is partly because it is paid for by public funding, but also because of the wide and deep affection for Astrid Lindgren and her works from generations of Swedes. The books about Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson on the Roof and her other beloved characters can be found on most bookshelves in Sweden, often so well read that they are almost falling apart.

Illustrations are at least as important as words in most children’s books, and many such books have strong roots in oral storytelling. That is why it is so natural that the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is more than just a literature prize. Or rather it is a literature prize in the widest possible sense of the phrase. Not only authors are eligible. Illustrators, story-tellers and people or organisations that make valuable contributions to the promotion of reading can also be recognised.

Few have done as much for children’s right to be children, and for their imaginations, as Astrid Lindgren. She was always on the children’s side. Fearless as Pippi Longstocking. As imaginative as Emil in the Soup Tureen. Compassionate like the brothers Lionheart.

This award in Astrid Lindgren's name will give children’s and youth literature the place it deserves in the world. The prize can attract new, gifted story-tellers, authors and illustrators and encourage them to create good literature.

The prize is also a signal to institutions and organisations around the world that good children’s and youth literature is worth millions. And our children are worth more than millions.

Good children’s literature gives the child a place in the world, and the world a place in the child.

These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen, and are presented in five categories.

The Judges assess entries for the Children's Book of the Year Award primarily for literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of the work with proper regard to the aesthetic qualities of language; and originality in the treatment of literary elements as they apply to the form of the work. Judges also consider quality of illustrations, book design, production, printing and binding.

Established in 1946. Sponsored by the Children's Book Council of Australia.

The YABBA awards are a children's choice book award in 3 sections, presented annually.

The sections are:
Picture Story Books
Fiction for Younger Readers
Fiction for Older Readers

Each year:
Children nominate Australian children's fiction books that have been published in the last ten years to create a short list.
Children vote for their favourite books by a specified date in October, (usually International Children's Day).
The winners are announced at the award ceremony where authors and illustrators receive YABBA citations presented by children.

Established in 1986. Sponsored by YABBA, Victoria, Australia

The Bilby Awards are Queensland's children's choice awards. They are run by the Children's Book Council of Australia (Queensland Branch).

Bilby stands for Books I Love Best Yearly.

Established in 1990. Sponsored by Children's Book Council of Australia (Queensland Branch).

Cool Awards - Children's Choice Book Awards in Canberra are compiled as a result of the suggestions sent in by students from across Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT.

The COOL Awards are the children's choice book awards voted for by the younger people of the Canberra Region. The COOL Awards stands for Canberra's Own Outstanding List. It is a programs run for children, allowing them to vote for their favourtie book in the sections of Picture Story Book, Fiction for Younger Readers, and Fiction for Older Readers.

Established in 1991. Sponsored by Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Public Library.

The CROW Awards were successful throughout their short history, with the last being presented in 1998. However, by that time, the CROW Committee consisted of one person, who was helped by a succession of temporary assistants, all senior university students who lasted one year before getting a job and handing the CROW position on to a friend. Then, when the solitary Crow was to go overseas in January, 1999, there was nobody willing to take over, and the Award folded. Now, of course, the CROW is dead, but has been resurrected as a KANGA. (And, at the same time, the captain of the football Kangas has become - a Crow. Ah, the mysteries of life!)

Established in 191. Sponsored by multiple South Australia Institutions.

Kids Own Australian Literature Awards are annual awards made by young readers in NSW to the Australian books they have most enjoyed reading during that year. KOALA is the NSW children's choice reading award.

Established in 1987. Sponsored by the Children's Book Council of Australia, (NSW Branch).

The West Australian Young Readers Book Award, (WAYRBA) is a readers' choice award, organised on a statewide basis for young readers.

As such, it pioneered a new concept in Australia, allowing children the major say in their prize winning literature.

The scheme represents a positive attempt to generate enthusiasm for pleasure reading, to enrich children's reading experiences and to develop their powers of discrimination in comparing quality literature.

Established in 1980. Sponsored by various West Australia institutions.

The National Council of Teachers of English wishes to recognize and foster excellence in children's poetry by encouraging its publication and by exploring ways to acquaint teachers and children with poetry through such means as publications, programs, and displays. As one means of accomplishing this goal, NCTE established its Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children in 1977 to honor a living American poet for his or her aggregate work for children ages 3–13.

Established in 1977. Sponsored by National Council of Teachers of English.

The Children's Literature Association of Utah (CLAU) is a volunteer organization of individuals who have a personal or professional interest in children's literature. The organization's purposes are: to encourage the reading, study, and writing of children's literature; to provide a forum for all points of view and levels of experience in children's books; and to gather and share information about children's literature.

Established in 1980. Sponsored by the Children's Literature Association of Utah.

Named in honor of America's most cherished publisher/printer, the Benjamin Franklin Awards™ recognizes excellence in independent publishing. Publications, grouped by genre are judged on editorial and design merit by top practitioners in each field. The trophies are awarded to the best books in several categories and are presented to the publishers during a gala awards ceremony on the last evening of the Publishing University (just before the opening of Book Expo America). All entrants receive critique sheets with advice on how to improve their publications, as well as words of appreciation for the good work produced.

Established in 2001. Sponsored by the Independent Book Publishers Association.

YALSA Best Books for Young Adults - A compilation of the current year’s books with proven or potential appeal to teens.

Established in 1994. Sponsored by Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association.

Each year since 1992, the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award has been given in several categories. The purpose of this award is to promote literacy and lifelong reading habits by encouraging students to read quality, contemporary literature. The books selected to be placed on lists for each category are expected to broaden the human experience and provide accurate, factual information. The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award honors outstanding books, chosen annually by Maryland students.

Established in 1992. Sponsored by the Maryland Association of School Librarians.

The CBI Bisto Awards are the leading annual Children's Book Awards in Ireland. Now in their 17th year, the awards have been sponsored since their inception by Bisto (RHM Ireland). The Awards are made annually by Children's Books Ireland to authors and illustrators born or resident in Ireland.

Established in 1990. Sponsored by Children's Books Ireland.

The Blue Hen Book Award is a children's choice award sponsored by the Children's Services Division of the Delaware Library Association. Each year children have the opportunity to vote on selected picture or chapter books published in the last year. The book that receives the most votes in each category will win the Blue Hen Book Award.

Established in 1996. Sponsored by the Delaware Library Association.

The Blue Peter Book Awards were launched in 2000. They are run by BBC Children's Programme 'Blue Peter' and awarded alongside the Reading Relay project which is being run by public libraries throughout the UK.

The shortlists for The Judges' Awards are selected by a celebrity judging panel from paperback titles published in the UK in the previous year. These books are then read by Blue Peter Young Judges, selected as a result of a Blue Peter Book Review Competition, who chose the winners for each category.

The three categories within this section are: The Best Book with Facts; The Book I Couldn't Put Down; and The Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud. From these three winning titles, a Book of the Year is selected.

Established in 2000. Sponsored by the Blue Peter program of BBC.

The Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award recognizes the most popular books among middle and high school students in the State of Colorado. Teens nominate their favorite titles and select the winner - adults do not vote.

Established in 1985. Sponsored by Colorado Association of Libraries, Colorado Council for the INternational Reading Association, Colorado Language Arts Society.

The purposes of the South Carolina book awards are to encourage our students to read good quality contemporary literature and to honor the authors of the books annually chosen the favorites by student vote. The book award medals will be awarded to the winning authors the following year at the annual conference of the SCASL.

Established in 1976. Sponsored by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians.

To merit consideration for the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, a book must have been published in Canada, in 2006, and its author must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. Any work that is an act of creative writing (i.e., fiction, poetry, narrative, non-fiction, retelling of traditional literature) shall be deemed eligible regardless of published format, including anthologies and collections.

Established in 1999. Sponsored by the Canadian Library Association and National Book Service.

Supported by Bookstart and the Unwin Foundation, the Booktrust Early Years Awards celebrate, publicise and reward the exciting range of books being published today for babies, toddlers and pre-school children

Established in 2005. Sponsored by Bookstart and the Unwin Foundation.

The Booktrust Teenage Prize was launched in 2003 to recognise and celebrate contemporary fiction written for teenagers.

Booktrust administers the prize with the support of writers, publishers, teachers, parents and libraries.

Publishers may enter works of fiction, including novels, collections of short stories and graphic novels.

Established in 2003. Sponsored by Booktrust.

Booktrust administers the Nestlé Children's Book Prize, formerly Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The 2005 winners were announced in December 2005.

Originally established in 1985 as the Nestle Smarties Prize. Sponsored by Booktrust.

First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category. On occasion, a book will receive a special citation for its high quality and overall creative excellence. The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the Editor of the Horn Book.

Established in 1967. Sponsored by the Boston Globe-Horn Book.

The Branford Boase Award is awarded annually for the most promising first novel to a first-time writer of a book for young people. At the same time, it marks the important contribution of the editor in identifying and nurturing new talent.

Established in 2000. Sponsored by Jacqueline Wilson, Walker Books, the National Literacy Trust, and Peters Bookselling Services.

Sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council, the Buckaroo Book Award will provide the opportunity for Wyoming children in grades Kindergarten through third to select favorite books they have read or have listened to and to honor the authors of these books.

Established in 2006. Sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council.

The Buckeye Children's Book Award is a great way to encourage kids to read their favorite books and to nominate and vote for them here in Ohio. It is designed to encourage children in Ohio to read literature critically, to promote teacher and librarian involvement in children's literature programs, and to commend authors of such literature. Since its inception, there have been 36 award winners.

Established in 1981. Sponsored by Ohio Council International Reading Association, The Ohio Educational Library Media Association, The Ohio Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts, The Ohio Library Council, and The State Library
of Ohio.

The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, administered by the Children's Services Round Table of MLA, is presented annually to the author and illustrator of the picture book voted most popular by preschool children in Missouri's public libraries. Designed to encourage reading aloud to children from birth through kindergarten age, the award was first given in 1996. Parents and other caregivers are encouraged to read aloud to children from a list of ten titles selected annually by a group of Missouri children's librarians. Colorful posters, bookmarks, activity sheets, and a manual of great ideas add to the fun.

Established in 1987. Sponsored by the Missouri Library Association.

Blue Ribbons are chosen annually by the Bulletin staff and represent what we believe to be the best of the previous year's literature for youth.

Established in 1990. Sponsored by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

The California Young Reader Medal program encourages recreational reading of popular literature among the young people of our state. Since its inception in 1974, millions of California children have nominated, read, and voted for the winners of the California Young Reader Medal.

The CYRM program is sponsored by four statewide organizations committed to books and reading: California Association of Teachers of English (CATE), California Library Association (CLA), California Reading Association (CRA) and California School Library Association (CSLA). A committee of representatives from each organization coordinates CYRM activities at the state level. The committee develops a promotional packet about the program, which includes all materials needed to participate: ballots, nomination forms, and nominee lists.

Young people suggest the names of favorite books for nomination, or teachers and librarians note repeatedly read or requested titles, and these are submitted to the California Young Reader Medal Committee. Members of the committee read the suggested books, discuss their merits and appeal to children, and decide upon a well balanced list of nominees. A book must be an original work of fiction published within the last five years by an author who is still living to be considered for nomination.

Established in 1974. Sponsored by California Association of Teachers of English (CATE), California Library Association (CLA), California Reading Association (CRA) and California School Library Association (CSLA).

The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children.

It was established by The Library Association in 1936, in memory of the great Scottish-born philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). Carnegie was a self-made industrialist who made his fortune in steel in the USA. His experience of using a library as a child led him to resolve that "if ever wealth came to me that it should be used to establish free libraries."

Carnegie set up more than 2800 libraries across the English speaking world and, by the time of his death, over half the library authorities in Great Britain had Carnegie libraries. It was first awarded to Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post. The medal is now awarded by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, which is a new organisation formed by the Unification of the Institute of Information Scientists and The Library Association on 1 April 2002.

Established in 1936. Spoonsored by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Go to the booklist of the Carnegie Medal winners that are in print to order any of these titles.

The Kate Greenaway Medal was established by The Library Association in 1955, 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.

It was first awarded to Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone The medal is now awarded by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, which is a new organisation formed by the Unification of the Institute of Information Scientists and The Library Association on 1 April 2002.

Established in 1955. Sponsored by Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

Go to the booklist of the Kate Greenaway Award winners that are in print to order any of these titles.

The Carol D. Reiser Book Award is given annually to the children’s book or books published the preceding year that most effectively inspires community service and volunteerism in children. This award was established by the Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council, where Carol was co-founder and past president, and is a living tribute to Carol Reiser’s lifelong commitment to community. Judges are national level experts in children's literature and in volunteerism.

Established in 2003. Sponsored by the Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council.

This award was established in 1983 by the Youth Services Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association. A Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, Carolyn Wicker Field retired in 1983 from the Free Library of Philadelphia where she served as Coordinator of Work with Children for 30 years.

Established in 1984. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Library Association.

National Council for the Social Studies established the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for the most distinguished social science books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States. First presented in 1974, this award is intended to "encourage the writing, publishing, and dissemination of outstanding social studies books for young readers that treat topics related to ethnic minorities and race relations sensitively and accurately." Books relating to ethnic minorities and the authors of such books rarely receive the recognition they merit from professional organizations. By sponsoring the Carter G. Woodson Awards, the National Council for the Social Studies gives wide recognition to and directly stimulates authors and publishers.

Established in 1974. Sponsored by National Council for the Social Studies.

Three years ago CLPE set up a new award for poetry for children. In establishing this award we wanted to highlight an important branch of children’s literature and ensure that it receives proper recognition. The award is presented annually for a book of poetry published in the preceding year.
The Poetry Book Society said, “ The annual CLPE Prize for Children’s Poetry is a most welcome initiative and deserves the support of all organisations and individuals concerned with the promotion of poetry. Celebrating the best new work produced for young readers and drawing the public and media focus towards the winning book, the Prize will place children’s poetry firmly in the literary limelight, imbuing it with some long overdue prestige and encouraging the growth of a knowledgeable, critical, enthusiastic poetry readership of the future”.

Established in 2003. Sponsored by Center for Literacy in Primary Education.

The Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award for children's literature has been presented annually since 1971 to an author whose book has been selected through a vote taken by Arkansas school children in grades four, five and six. The purpose of the award is to promote better reading for children and to recognize Mrs. John Gould Fletcher, an outstanding Arkansas author who wrote under the pen name Charlie May Simon.

Established in 1971. Sponsored by Arkansas State Library.

Named for the main character in E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web, the purpose of the Charlotte Award is to encourage students to read outstanding literature and ultimately become life-long readers. Additionally, the award recognizes the authors and illustrators of such literature. Students in New York State will read titles on the ballot and vote for their favorites.

Established in 1990. Sponsored by the New York State Reading Association.

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 (Harper, 1962) and William's Doll (Harper, 1972). Ms. Zolotow attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison on a writing scholarship from 1933-36 where she studied with Professor Helen C. White.

The award is administered by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a children's literature library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Each year a committee of children's literature experts selects the winner from the books published in the preceding year.

Established in 1998. Sponsored by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a children's literature library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award honors an author or author-illustrator whose total work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children. Nonfiction is written or illustrated work which arranges and interprets documentable facts intended to illuminate, without imaginative invention, the following fields of knowledge: science, technology, social science, history, biography, and the arts.

Established in 1977. Sponsored by the Washington Post and the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.

The mission of the Children's Gallery, the Children's Crown, and the Lamplighter Awards is to encourage elementary and junior high students to read wholesome and uplifting books by providing lists each year of the best literature.

In 1992 Sandra Morrow librarian at Brentwood Christian School in Austin, Texas, applied to the Texas Christian Schools Association for a grant to establish the Children's Crown Award (the Crown Classic is the runner-up) for children's books for third through sixth graders. The grant was awarded the following spring. In 2002 Sandra received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Lubbock Christian University. In 2005 she received the Distinguished Alumni Citation from Abilene Christian University. She was recognized for her distinctive professional achievement for the Triple Crown Awards.

Now students, teachers, parents, librarians and interested individuals are encouraged to nominate titles for this award from books that are published or reprinted within the last two years. At the center of the award process is the criteria developed at the time of the grant. Each year twenty books that convey wholesome values, uplifting characters, and edifying themes that inspire children toward positive goals are selected by a committee of readers from participating schools.

Established in 1992. Sponsored by Texas Christian Schools Association.

The Children's Peace Litereary Award is a biennial award to one or more Australian authors of books for children that encourage the peaceful resolution of conflict or promote peace at the global, local or interpersonal level.

Established in 1987. Sponsored by The Australian Psychological Society.

The Children's Literature Association, an organization of teachers, scholars, librarians, editors, writers, illustrators, and parents interested in encouraging the serious study of children's literature, created the Phoenix Award as an outgrowth of the Association's Touchstones Committee. The award, given to a book originally published in the English language, is intended to recognize books of high literary merit. The Phoenix Award is named after the fabled bird who rose from its ashes with renewed life and beauty. Phoenix books also rise from the ashes of neglect and obscurity and once again touch the imaginations and enrich the lives of those who read them.

The recipient of the Phoenix Award has been chosen each year since 1985 by an elected committee of ChLA members that considers nominations made by members and others interested in promoting high critical standards in literature for children. Honor books were instituted in 1989 but have not been named every year.

Established in 1985. Sponsored by the Children's Literature Association.

The Claudia Lewis Award, given for the first time in 1998, honors the late Claudia Lewis, distinguished children's book expert and longtime member of the Bank Street College faculty and Children's Book Committee. She conveyed her love and understanding of poetry with humor and grace. The award is given for the best poetry book of the year.

Established in 1998. Sponsored by the Children's Book Committee of the Bank Street College of Education.

The Colorado Children's Book Award was established by Dr. Bill Curtis in 1975 to encourage children's active involvement with books and reading. The CCBA committee is sponsored by Colorado Council of the International Reading Association.

Established in 1975. Sponsored by the Colorado Council of the International Reading Association.

On the evening of June 11, 1931, then Club President James A. Johnston announced the creation of an award whose goal was to foster literature within the Golden State. "It is hoped and expected," he said, "that the recognition afforded by these annual California Commonwealth Club Literature Medals will be a spur and an encouragement to many a California author in this and future years."

The Commonwealth Club’s Annual Book Awards are now among the most prestigious literary awards in the state of California. To date, the Club has recognized more than 450 California authors for outstanding contributions to the art of the written word in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Juvenile Literature, Young Adult Literature, First Work of Fiction, Californiana, and Notable Contribution to Publishing.

Established in 1931. Sponsored by the Commonwealth Club.

Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.

The award is 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 and world brotherhood.

Established in 1970. SPonsored by the American Library Association.

The Crichton Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration.

To be eligible, books are required to be the first book published by the illustrator in trade book format, with the illustrations forming a significant part of its narrative or informational content.

The Crichton Award was created by the CBCA Victorian Branch in 1988 to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration. It commemorates Raymond Wallace Crichton, a long-time supporter of the branch and its efforts.

The winner is announced during a Victorian Branch function for Children's Book Week.

Established in 2001. Sponsored by the Children's Book Council of Australia Victorian Branch.

First given in 1957, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award has honored quality literature for children for 50 years now. Each spring, a committee of eight carefully selects 30 books to comprise the DCF Master List. After reading at least 5 books from the list, students then vote for their favorite titles the following spring. The winning author is invited to visit Vermont to speak with children about the experience of writing such fine literature for such fine people.

Established in 1957. Sponsored by the Vermont State PTA and the Vermont Department of Libraries.

The Dromkeen Medal is an annual award, initiated in 1982 and presented by the Governors of the Courtney Oldmeadow Children�s Literature Foundation, based at the historic Dromkeen homestead. The award is made to an Australian citizen for recent work that makes a significant contribution to the appreciation and development of children�s literature. The Medal was designed by Robert Ingpen, a former Hans Christian Andersen medallist for illustration (and Dromkeen winner in 1989), and depicts the Dromkeen homestead, a sickle moon and boughs of wattle.

Established in 1982. Sponsored by the Governors of the Courtney Oldmeadow Childrens Literature Foundation.

Since 1946, the annual presentation of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards® has been one of the most important and certainly the most publicly visible task undertaken by the Mystery Writers of America. The number of awards given out has grown from one (the very first award, given to Watchful at Night by Julius Fast, was for Best First Novel by an American Author) to twelve, with other awards given out on the same night. Of course, the actual presentation of these awards is the last step in a year-long process, with 68 judges considering over 1,000 books, 500 short stories, many television programs, several movies, and a few plays. It's an incredible amount of work, year in and year out, but without it the Edgar®, the most prestigious award in the mystery business, would be "nevermore."

Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award for a Wisconsin author/illustrator. Presented by the Wisconsin Library Association for distinguished achievement in children's literature.

Established in 1992. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Library Association.

The Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award was established in 1985 following the death of Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver, one of Canada's pre-eminent book illustrators. The Cleaver Award is administered by a committee of three members of the Canadian section of the International Board on Books for Young People. The recipient is a Canadian illustrator of a picture book published in Canada in English or French during the previous calendar year.

Established in 1985. Sponsored by Canadian section of the International Board on Books for Young People.

The Environment Award for Children's Literature is intended to promote books which inspire a sense of wonder and a sense of caring for the natural world.

The annual Environment Award, inaugurated in 1994, is open to fiction and non-fiction children's books published in Australia. Award trophies and certificates are presented to authors and illustrators who best encourage an attitude of caring, wonder and understanding of the natural environment, or those that promote an awareness of environmental issues.

Established in 1984. Sponsored by The Wilderness Society.

The Esther Glen Award is offered annually by LIANZA, the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa.

It recognises the most distinguished contribution to literature for children by an author who is a citizen or resident of New Zealand.

Established in 1947. Sponsored by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa.

The Evergreen Young Adult Book Award is sponsored by WASHYARG, Washington Young Adult Review Group.

Voters for this award must be in grades 7 - 12. Each must read two or more titles and cast only one vote per ballot.

Established in 1991. Sponsored by the Washington Young Adult Review Group.

The Ezra Jack Keats Book Award was established in 1985 to recognize and encourage authors and illustrators new to the field of children's books. Many past winners of the EJK Book Award have gone on to distinguished careers creating many books beloved by parents, children, librarians and teachers across the country.

The Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Awards are given annually to an outstanding new writer of picture books for children (age 9 and under) and are presented jointly by the New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. A distinguished selection committee consisting of early childhood education specialists, librarians, illustrators and experts in children’s literature review entries, seek books that portray the universal qualities of childhood, a strong and supportive family, and the multicultural nature of our world. As of 1999, the Award is being given annually rather than with the previous biennial cycle

Established in 1985. Sponsored by the New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation.

The first children's book award given by the North Dakota Library Association was in 1978 under the name Children's Choice Award. This award was presented each year at the annual conference through 1985. The award was not given in 1986. In September, 1986 the name was changed to the current name: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award.

Established in 1978. Sponsored by the North Dakota Library Association.

The Flora Stieglitz Straus Award was established in 1994. It honors Flora Straus who led the committee for many years, and is presented annually for a distinguished work of nonfiction which fulfills her humanitarian ideals and serves as an inspiration to young people. Flora Straus stood for the values of courage, hard work, truth and beauty, while adapting to a changing world. She believed that books about varying cultures enrich and help all children in their growth. She championed diverse opinions and points of view. She was a person of high principles, unfailing courtesy and deep understanding, and was an inspiration to all who had the privilege of knowing her.

Established in 1994. Sponsored by the Children's Book Committee of the Bank Street College of Education.

Established in 1979, The Friends of Children and Literature brings children, books, and authors together through special events and programs at the Central Library. FOCAL also established the FOCAL Award which is presented annually to an author or illustrator for a creative work which enriches a child’s appreciation for and understanding of California.

Established in 1980. Sponsored by the Friends of Children and Literature.

http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/index.htmlThe Garden State Children's Book Awards were established in 1977 to honor books for younger readers. The Children's Services Section (CSS) of the New Jersey Library Association felt that books for the early and middle grades seldom received proper recognition. Yet it is at this age, more than any other, that the potential reader needs to be encouraged, stimulated and captivated by the printed work and good illustration.

Established in 1977. Sponsored by the New Jersey Library Association.

The Garden State Teen Book Award is a project of the Adult/Young Adult Section of the New Jersey Library Association. Its awards committee, representing libraries from throughout the state, selected the nominees based on teen appeal and quality of writing from the previous year's "Best Books" list. Ballots have been distributed to New Jersey school and public librarians.

Established in 1995. Sponsored by the New Jersey Library Association.

Because reading is the gateway to knowledge and lifelong learning, because the teen years are the gateway to adulthood, and because Missouri was the gateway to the Old West, the Gateway Readers Award is for authors of books chosen by high school students in Missouri.

Librarians serving young adults in school and public libraries recognize the need for books written for this audience. We know that the quality of this writing is an imperative so that, as adults, our patrons will continue to seek knowledge and recreation through well-written books.

The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, a $1000 prize, is awarded annually to reward excellence in the writing of an outstanding work of historical fiction for young readers, by a Canadian author, published in the previous calendar year. The award winner is decided by a jury selected by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. All books written by Canadian citizens or landed immigrants are eligible for consideration.

Established in 1988. Sponsored by the Canadian Children's Book Centre.

The Georgia Children's Book Award was established in 1968 by Sheldon Root, Professor of the Department of Language Education in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. The purpose of the award is to foster a love of reading in the children of Georgia, and to introduce them to books of literary excellence. The award is given in two categories – picture books and middle grade novels. Books are nominated for the awards by teachers and media specialists from the state of Georgia. The final lists of 20 nominees are selected by a committee of teachers and media specialists (chaired by a member of the faculty from the Department of Language and Literacy Education).

Established in 1968. Sponsored by the Department of Language Education in the College of Education at the University of Georgia.

The Giverny Award is an annual award established in 1998 by Dr. James H. Wandersee and Dr. Elisabeth Schussler for the 15 Degree Laboratory, currently based at Louisiana State University. The Laboratory performs research on visual cognition in biology, visual approaches to learning biology, and the graphic represention of biological knowledge.

The name of the Giverny Award alludes to the renowned village that provides the site, setting, and inspiration for famous impressionist paintings synonymous with what we call "visual capture and explanation" of the floral esthetic experience. We think these paintings represent the exact visual opposite of humans' "Plant Blindness" (a current cause celebre of the Laboratory). These images allow us how to see in new ways--to see light, to see air, to see water--to see and experience vivid plant life outdoors--as if we were really there. We can contemplate populations of plants in breathtakingly natural light; like insects, we are to be drawn into the lifelike visualizations of floral panoramas. Note that the name "Giverny" is, in our minds, not only emblematic of the latent connection between art and science, but also of visual capture, visual explanation, and visual exemplification of botanical views of the world.

Established in 1998. Sponsored by 15 Degree Laboratory at Louisiana State University.

The Golden Archer Award is presented to authors of books nominated by students.

Established in 1973. Sponsored by Wisconsin Educational Media Association.

An award for excellence in the field of children’s books, the Golden Kite Awards are the only children’s literary award judged by a jury of peers. More than 1,000 books are entered each year.

Established in 1973. Sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators.

On top of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, stands a 19,000 pound, bronze statue known as the Sower. He stands barefoot and without hat, sowing seeds in the most primitive manner. He is symbolic of the state of Nebraska as a major agricultural state. He is not merely sowing seeds of grain, but something much greater. He is the symbol of sowing the seeds of agriculture, life, hope and prosperity.

The Sower was chosen as the symbol of the Nebraska children's choice literary award for similar reasons.

Established in 1981. Sponsored by the Nebraska Library Association.

The Spur Awards, given annually for distinguished writing about the American West, are among the oldest and most prestigious in American literature. In 1953, when the awards were established by WWA, western fiction was a staple of American publishing. At the time awards were given to the best western novel, best historical novel, best juvenile, and best short story.

Established in 1953. Sponsored by the Western Writers of America.

The Governor General’s Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1937 when Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps) honoured the best books of 1936. The GGs have since evolved into Canada’s pre-eminent national literary awards. Launched by the Canadian Authors Association, the awards were at first non-monetary prizes for the best works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama written in English or translated from French into English.

The Canada Council for the Arts assumed responsibility for funding, administering and adjudicating the awards in 1959, and added prizes for works written in French. In 1987, the Council’s Prizes for Children’s Literature (text and illustration) and Translation were made Governor General’s Literary Awards.

Established in 1937. Sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts.

The Children's Librarians of NH have chosen 25 new titles for 2006-2007 to read for students grades four through six for the Great Stone Face Award.

Established in 1982. Sponsored by Children's Librarians of New Hampshire.

The Gryphon Award of $1,000 is given annually in recognition of an English language work of fiction or non-fiction for which the primary audience is children in Kindergarten through Grade 4. The title chosen best exemplifies those qualities that successfully bridge the gap in difficulty between books for reading aloud to children and books for practiced readers.

The Gryphon award was conceived as a way to focus attention an area of literature for youth that, despite being crucial to the successful transition of new readers to independent lifelong readers, does not get the critical recognition it deserves.

The award is sponsored by the Center for Children's Books at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

Established in 2004. Sposnored by the Center for Children's Books at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign

Founded in 1967, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize has a tradition of finding new voices in children's fiction before the rest of the world is aware of them. Past winners include Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson and Mark Haddon.

Established in 1967. Sponsored by the Guardian newspaper.

The Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award is an Atlantic Canadian book award which allows children to choose their favourite Canadian and Atlantic Canadian books. This year, the children will read from a selection of forty books divided in four categories: English Fiction, English Non-fiction, French Fiction and French Non-fiction, chosen for their literary, cultural and enjoyment factors. The books have generally been published within two or three years of selection.

Established in 1999. Sponsored by various Atlantic Canada institutions.

Every other year IBBY presents the Hans Christian Andersen Awards to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.

The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is the Patron of the Andersen Awards.

The nominations are made by the National Sections of IBBY and the recipients are selected by a distinguished international jury of children's literature specialists.

The Author's Award has been given since 1956 and the Illustrator's Award since 1966. The Award consists of a gold medal and a diploma, presented at a festive ceremony during the biennial IBBY Congress. A special Andersen Awards issue of IBBY's journal Bookbird presents all the nominees, and documents the selection process.

Established in 1956. Sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People and the Nissan Motor Company.

The Heartland Award, created and directed by The Writing Conference, Inc., was established in 1996 to encourage the participation of young adults in the reading of young adult literature, to encourage the teaching of this literature in middle and secondary schools as supplemental and in-class reading, and to aid in the goal that all young adults become life-long readers.

Established in 1996. Sponsored by the Writing Conference.

Chosen annually by our editors, Fanfare is The Horn Book Magazine’s selection of the best children’s and young adult books of the year.

Established in 1938. Sponsored by Horn Book Magazine.

Sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council, the Indian Paintbrush Book Award provides the opportunity for Wyoming youth in grades 4-6 to select a favorite book and honor its author.

Estalbished in . Sposnored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council.

The IBBY Honour List is a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books, honouring writers, illustrators and translators from IBBY member countries. The IBBY Honour List is one of the most widespread and effective ways of furthering IBBY's objective of encouraging international understanding through children's literature.

The titles are selected by the National Sections which can nominate one book for each of the three categories. For a country with a substantial and continuing production of children's books in more than one language, up to three books may be submitted for writing and translation in each official language.

Important considerations in selecting the Honour List titles are that the books are representative of the best in children's literature from the country and that the books are suitable for publication throughout the world. It provides insight into the diverse cultural, political and social settings in which children live and grow and it can be used by all those involved with developing educational and literacy programmes and publishing initiatives to develop exemplary “international” collections.

Established in 2004. Sponsored by the International Board on Books for Young People.

Established in 1985, the Violet Downey Book Award, an annual award of $3,000, is given to the best English-language book published in the previous calendar year by a Canadian and published in Canada. The work must contain at least 500 words of text, be suitable for children aged 13 and under and may be in any category, with the exception of fairy tales, anthologies and adaptations. The winner will be chosen by a six-member panel of judges, which includes two recognized specialists in the field of children’s literature.

Established in 1985. Sponsored by the National Chapter Of Canada Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire.

Since 1974 the Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE has presented an award intended to encourage the publication of books for children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. The award and accompanying cash prize of $1,000 are given annually to either an illustrator or an author of a book judged to contribute to children’s reading, and is chosen by a Committee set up by the Municipal Chapter of Toronto IODE. The award-winner must be a Canadian citizen, resident in Toronto or the surrounding area, and the book must be published in Canada.

Established in 1974. Sponsored by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire.

The purposes of the Iowa Children's Choice Award are:

• to encourage children to read more and better books. • to discriminate in choosing worthwhile books. • to provide an avenue for positive dialogue between teacher, parent, and children about books and authors. • to give recognition to those who write books for children.

The award is unique in that it gives children an opportunity to choose the book to receive the award and to suggest books for the yearly reading list.

Established in 1991. Sponsored by Iowa Association of School Librarians.

Children’s Book Awards are given for an author’s first or second published book written for children or young adults (ages birth to 17 years). Awards are given for fiction and nonfiction in each of three categories: primary, intermediate, and young adult. Books from any country and in any language published for the first time during the 2006 calendar year will be considered. Each award carries a monetary stipend.

Established in 1975. Sposnored by the International Reading Association.

The IRA Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award is given every three years to a promising new poet of children’s poetry (for children and young adults up to grade 12) who has published no more than two books of children’s poetry. A book-length single poem may be submitted. The award is for published works only. Poetry in any language may be submitted; non-English poetry must be accompanied by an English translation.

Established in 1995. Sponsored by the International Reading Association.

Irma Simonton Black was a writer and editor of children's books and a founding member (in the 1930s) of the Bank Street Writers Laboratory, which included such stars of children's literature as Margaret Wise Brown and Maurice Sendak.

The Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, which commemorates Irma's achievements, has been presented annually since 1973 by Bank Street College of Education. (The Award was presented in Irma's name only until 1992, when James Black's name was added in recognition of his ardent support of the Award.) The Award goes to an outstanding book for young children--a book in which text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to produce a singular whole.

Established in 1973. Sponsored by the Bank Street College of Education.

The James Madison Book Award is given each July to the book that best represents excellence in bringing knowledge and understanding of American history to children in elementary school and to middle-schoolers.

It is made possible by a gift from Lynne Cheney, who has donated a portion of the proceeds from her bestselling books, America: A Patriotic Primer and A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, to underwrite the award.

The award is named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, who loved books from the time he was a child and who changed history with the knowledge he gained from reading. Read Mrs. Cheney’s essay on James Madison.

Established in 2003. Sponsored by The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole.

The Jane Addams Children's Book Awards are given annually to the children's books published the preceding year that effectively promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all races as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence.

Established in 1953. Sponsored by Jane Addams Peace Association.

The Jefferson Cup honors a distinguished biography, historical fiction or American history book for young people. Presented since 1983, the Jefferson Cup Committee’s goal is to promote reading about America's past; to encourage the quality writing of United States history, biography and historical fiction for young people and to recognize authors in these disciplines.

Established in 1983. Sponsored by the Virginia Library Association.

The Sugarman Children’s Book Award was a gift from Joan Sugarman to her late husband, Norman. It was created in 1987, the first of three awards that honor her husband. Others include the Norman A. Sugarman Biography Award, a bi-annual national honor for the best biography written in the United States, administered by the Cleveland Public Library. And, a third award, administered by the DC Jewish Community Center, which recognizes books with Judaic excellence for children and young adults.

Established in 1987. Sponsored by Washington Independent Writers Legal and Educational Fund.

The California Library Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award honors the author of a distinguished book for children or young adults that best promotes an awareness of California and its people. A committee of librarians selects the winning title from books published in the United States within a given year. Patricia Beatty donated the initial cash endowment for the Award. It now honors both her husband, John Beatty, who served as professor of English history and humanities at the University of California at Riverside prior to his death in 1975, and Patricia herself who died in 1991. Together the Beattys wrote eleven books of fiction for young readers; Patricia Beatty wrote numerous other books for young people, of which many have California or western settings. It was Patricia Beatty's hope that the Award will encourage the writing of quality children's books that bring us an awareness of California, its heritage or its future.

Established in 1988. Sponsored by Book Wholesalers, Inc.

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.

Established in 1922. Sponsored by the American Library Association.

Go to the booklist of the Newbery Medal winners that are in print to order any of these titles.

The Josette Frank Award has been given annually since 1943. From 1943 to 1997 it was called the "Children's Book Award." Josette Frank, the editor of many anthologies for children, served for many years as the Executive Director of the Child Study Association of America of which this committee was a part. This award for fiction honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally. The prize to the author of the award book has been generously provided by the Florence L. Miller Memorial Fund.

Established in 1947. Sponsored by the Children's Book Committee Bank Street College of Education.