Research Guides: Children's Literature: Children's Literature Awards

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Children's Book Awards

Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book for children and young people.
Hans Christian Andersen Awards
The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Every other year IBBY presents the Andersen Award to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.
Kate Greenaway Medal
The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children.
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature
This award honors books for younger readers, in the tradition of The Hobbit or The Chronicles of Narnia.
Phoenix Award
The Phoenix Award intends to reward books of high literary merit. Awards issued since 1989, but may not be given out each year.

Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award is awarded to an outstanding illustrator of a children's book published in Canada.
Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Young Adult Literature
Recognizes excellence in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Young Adult Literature.
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children
CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, a book must have been published in Canada in 2014 and its author must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
Children’s Choice Book Awards
Award winners are selected by kids and teens of all ages.
Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada’s Information Book Award
The Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada’s Information Book Award is given annually to a book that arouses interest, stimulates curiosity, captures the imagination, and fosters concern for the world around us.
CLA Young Adult Book Award
This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English language Canadian book which appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18.
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award is given annually in recognition of outstanding artistic talent in a Canadian picture book.
First Nation Communities READ
Beginning in 2014, creators of the First Nation Communities Read title selected annually for community based
reading across Canada will receive additional recognition as recipients of the Aboriginal Literature Award.
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction
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.
Governor General's Awards for Children's Literature
Governor General’s Literary Awards (the GGs) honour the best in Canadian literature - French and English literature.
I.O.D.E. Violet Downey Children's Book Award
The award is offered annually for the best English language book containing at least 500 words of text (preferably with Canadian content) in any category, suitable for children aged 13 and under.
Mr. Christie's Book Awards
Mr. Christie's Book Awards honoured excellence in the writing and illustrating of Canadian children's books. This award is now discontinued.
Red Cedar Book Award
Each year, British Columbian students vote for their favourite fiction and non-fiction books.
Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People
Vicky Metcalf created this award in 1963 to stimulate the writing of literature for Canadian children. She held a passion for storytelling and published several children’s books. The prize has been administered by the Writers’ Trust since 2002.

Aesop Prize Winners and Aesop Accolade Lists
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. Nominated books, which must be published in the year of the deadline or the year before,
American Indian Youth Literature Awards
American Indian Youth Literature Awards identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians.
Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
CLASP founded the Américas Award in 1993 to encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use.
Batchelder Award
The Batchelder Award is given to the most 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 for publication in the United States.
The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction.
Caldecott Medal and Honor Books
The Caldecott Medal "shall be awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year.
Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards
The Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards is the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by children and teens.
The Cook Prize
The Cook Prize honors the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book published for children aged eight to ten. It is the only national children's choice award honoring a STEM book.
Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
Irma Black Award
Awards 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.
Jane Addams Book Award
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.
Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature For Young Adults
Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature For Young Adults awards for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Judges are published writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field, and in some cases, are past NBA Finalists or Winners.
Newbery Medal and Honor Books
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults.
Wilder Award
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator, published in the United States, whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children

What to Read Next? Reader's Advisory

Goodreads
Goodreads is social networking for book lovers! It is one of the most popular sites for readers, and the Goodreads app allows users to access the same functions and features in the convenience of an app. Readers can add and track their own books and reading selections, and the app also includes a barcode scanner to allow users to easily add books to their lists.
LibraryThing: Groups
Library Thing provides more than just a way to catalog books. It also provides information on what titles are most popular. The "Groups" section is particularly useful and provides materials commonly read for those who enjoy young adult or children's literature (as well as a variety of other interests and topics).
BookBrowse
Bookbrowse focuses on finding the best new books from both established and new authors.
TNRD Libraries : Kids section
Includes links to reading lists (Battle of the Books) and more.