Learn about children's book awards and notable children's books in the United States, the UK, Canada, and other countries.
2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards: The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards recognize excellence in children's books and young adult books and are highly regarded awards in the field of children's and young adult literature. Learn about the 2009 Boston Globe Horn Book Awards and the 2009 Boston Globe Horn Book Award winners.
FAQs about the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards: The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards recognize excellence in children's books and young adult books. The Boston Globe Horn Book Awards are highly regarded awards in the field of children's and young adult literature.
The 2008 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, presented by the Jane Addams Peace Association, are an excellent resource. See the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards for children's books about peace, justice and equality.
The Jane Addams Children's Book Awards recognize children's books that promote peace, social justice, and equality. The 2009 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards list include two Award winners and four Honor Books that promote peace, social justice, and equality.
The 2009 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature was awarded to The White Darkness. Four young adult books (YA Books) were recognized as 2009 Michael L. Printz Honor Books. The Michael L. Printz Award recognizes excellence in Young Adult (YA) literature. The Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award that honors young adult (YA) books published in the previous calendar year.
The 2008 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature was awarded to The White Darkness. The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature recognizes excellence in Young Adult (YA) literature. The Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award that honors young adult (YA) books published in the previous calendar year.
The 2007 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners include Sharon Draper, author of Copper Sun and Kadir Nelson for his children’s book illustrations for Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. The 2007 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners are an excellent resource for parents, teachers, and librarians. The annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards honor African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.
The 2006 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners include Julius Lester, author of Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, and Bryan Collier, illustrator of Rosa. The 2006 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners are an excellent resource for parents, teachers, and librarians. The annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards honor African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.
The 2007 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners include Sharon Draper, author of Copper Sun and Kadir Nelson for his children’s book illustrations for Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. The 2007 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners are an excellent resource for parents, teachers, and librarians. The annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards honor African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.
The 2008 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners include: Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Elijah of Buxton, and Ashley Bryan, illustrator of Let it Shine. The annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards honor African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults. Teachers, librarians, and teachers looking for books about the African American experience will find the2008 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners to be excellent resources.
The annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards honor African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults. The 2009 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners include Kadir Nelson for his book We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball and Floyd Cooper for his children’s book illustrations for The Blacker the Berry. The 2009 Coretta Scott King Book Award winners are an excellent resource for parents, teachers, and librarians.
Are you looking for excellent beginning readers for your child? If so, consider the annual Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner and Honor Books. The 2006 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner is Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas by Cynthia Rylant.,
The second annual Theodor Seuss Geisel Award and Honor Books were announced in January 2007. The Award is presented for excellence in beginning reader books. If you are looking for excellent beginning readers for your child, take a look at the 2007 Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal and Honor Books award winners.
If you are looking for excellent beginning readers for your child, consider the annual Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal winner and Honor Books. The 2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal winner is There’s a Bird on My Head, an Elephant and Piggie beginning reader by Mo Willems.
If you are looking for excellent beginning readers for your child, consider the annual Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal winner and Honor Books. The 2009 Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal winner is [i]There’s a Bird on My Head[/i], an Elephant and Piggie beginning reader by Mo Willems.
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award is a children's book award administered by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award is an annual award for children's books.
The Pura Belpré Award honors Latino and Latina authors and illustrators of children's books.
There were a great many children's books published in 2008. The following children's books, which include several biographies and a nonfiction book represent some of what I think are the best children's book illustrations of 2008. In every case, the illustrations both complement and enhance the story. The artwork includes paintings, mixed media, collage, sculpture, scratchboard and watercolor.
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature recognizes excellence in Young Adult (YA) literature. The Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award that honors young adult (YA) books published in the previous calendar year.
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is an annual award that recognizes excellence in beginning reader books. The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is named after Theodor Geisel whose beginning readers, written under the names Dr. Seuss and Theo. Lesieg have delighted generations of beginning readers.
In the U.S., the John Newbery Medal is the most prestigious award that a children's book author can receive. The Newbery Medal is an annual children’s book award from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) of the American Library Association (ALA). It is presented “to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in English in the United States during the preceding year.”
In the United States, the highest honor an American children's book illustrator can receive for children's picture book illustration is the Caldecott Medal. The list of winners of the Caldecott Medal for children's picture book illustration reads like a "who's who" of illustrators of children's books.
In the United States, the Randolph Caldecott Medal is the most prestigious award for children's book illustration that an artist can receive. Here are the 2005 and 2004 winners.
One of the important annual children's book awards is the Coretta Scott King Award to "authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the American Dream."
Although Robert McCloskey's books were written over 40 years ago, many of his award winning books, including those set in Maine, like "Blueberries for Sal," "Time of Wonder," and "One Morning in Maine," remain popular.
A complete list of books, including award winning children's fiction, non-fiction, and picture books, with cover art for the current year, and booklists for previous years.
Award overview and listing of winners of this award, which is given every three years to an author or illustrator of children's literature.
Overview and list of recipients of the award, which was established in 1966 to recognize American publishers for publishing translations of outstanding books originally published in a foreign language and country.
This prestigious award, sponsored by a consortium of book publishing groups, gives annual awards in three categories for adults, as well as in Young People's Literature.
