Coretta Scott King Author Award Winners and Honor Titles Since 2001
December 14, 2021
Awards
Caldecott Winners and Honor Titles Since 2001
December 13, 2021
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Newbery Winners and Honor Titles Since 2001
December 13, 2021
The Newbery Medal 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.
Pura Belpré Author Award Winners and Honor Titles Since 2001
December 13, 2021
This award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually 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. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), divisions of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate.
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winners and Honor Titles Since 2001
December 13, 2021
Recent Sydney Taylor Award Winners and Honor Titles (presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries)
December 12, 2021
Check out these excellent books that received recognition from the Association of Jewish Librarians. The Sydney Taylor Award was “established in honor of the author of the classic All of a Kind Family series by her husband, Ralph Taylor, to encourage the publication of outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children.”
Recent Asian/Pacific American Awards Children’s Literature (Middle Grade) Winners and Honor Titles
December 12, 2021
The Asian Pacific Librarians Association (APALA) give out literary awards in various categories. Here is a list of recent children’s literature (middle grade) winners or honor titles. Please note that the suggested ages are from either the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.