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Sources of Award-Winning Children's Books

Author: Laura J. Colker, Ed.D.
Source: RIF Exchange Show #407

These sites provide an overview of award-winning children's books:

• Alex Awards
  (http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists)
  Awarded by the YALSA division of the American Library Association to the top 10 adult books enjoyed by young adults.
  
• Book Sense Book of the Year Award (formerly the ABBY Award)
  (http://www.bookweb.org/news/awards/370.html)
  American Booksellers Children's Book of the Year.
  
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
  (http://www.hbook.com/awards/bghb/current.asp)
  Awarded since 1967 by the Boston Globe newspaper and Horn Book Magazine. Since 1976, awards are given to the outstanding children's fiction and poetry, nonfiction, and picture books.
  
• Caldecott Medal
  (http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html)
  Awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children's division of the American Library Association. Given to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children published in the United States in the preceding year.
  
• Charlotte Zolotow Award
  (http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/zolotow.asp)
  Established in 1998 and administered by the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Awarded to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States in the preceding year.
  
• Elizabeth Burr Award
  (http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/cba/burr-about.html)
  Awarded by the Wisconsin Library Association since 1992 to an author/illustrator for distinguished achievement in children's literature.
  
• International Reading Association Children's Book Awards
  (http://www.reading.org/association/awards/childrens_ira.html)
  Awarded for an author's first or second published book. Fiction and non-fiction awards are given in three categories: primary, intermediate, and young adult readers. Books from any country and in any language copyrighted during the award year are considered.
  
• Jefferson Cup
  (http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/library/READING/YA/
  JEFFCUP.HTM)
  Awarded since 1983 by the Children's and Young Adult Round Table of the Virginia Library Association for quality writing in U.S. history, historical fiction, or biography.
  
• Michael Printz Award
  (http://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz/index.html)
  Awarded by the YALSA division of the American Library Association for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
  
• National Book Award for Young People's Literature
  (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/nba.html)
  Awarded for outstanding contribution to young people's literature.
  
• Newbery Medal
  (http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html)
  Awarded by the American Library Association to the author of the most distinguished contribution to children's literature published during the preceding year.
  
• Notable Children's Books, American Library Association
  (http://www.ala.org/alsc/awards.html#notable)
  Annual list from American Library Association.
  
• Phoenix Award
  (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown/phoenix.html)
  Awarded since 1985 by the Children's Literature Association to a book originally published in English 20 years previously that did not receive a major award at the time of its publication.