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Book Awards

Every year the American Library Association announces a number of literary awards. For award winning titles and book / author information, choose from the awards listed below.

Caldecott Medal
Named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott, this medal is presented to the artist creating the most distinguished picture book of the year.

E.B. White Read Aloud Award
The E.B. White Read Aloud Awards honor books reflecting the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E.B. White.

Ezra Jack Keats Award
Given annually to an outstanding new writer and new illustrator of picture books for children by The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, these awards recognize books that portray the universal qualities of childhood, a strong and supportive family, and the multicultural nature of our world.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States.

Giverny Award
The Giverny Award honors the author and illustrator of the best children’s science picture book.

Golden Kite Award
Presented by the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, the Golden Kite Awards are given annually to recognize excellence in children’s literature.

Horn Book Awards
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.

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Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizes African American authors and illustrators for their outstanding inspirational and educational contributions to children's literature.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award
The Batchelder Award is a citation awarded to an American publisher for an outstanding children's book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.

Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal, named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery, is awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Orbis Pictus Award
The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children is an annual award for promoting and recognizing excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children.

Pura Belpre Award
The Pura Belpré Award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States.

Scott O'Dell Award
The Scott O'Dell Award honors an author of an outstanding work of historical fiction for children or young adults.

The 3 Apples Book Award was developed to encourage the joy of reading for pleasure, and to give the children and teens of New York State the opportunity to participate in honoring their favorite books. For winning titles and book / author information, please choose from the years listed below.

2011 Winners [PDF]

2010 Winners [PDF]

2009 Winners [PDF]

2008 Winners [DOC]

2007 Winners [DOC]

Last updated: September 27, 2011

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Book Awards