Monarch List 2024-25
May 17, 2024
Illinois Grades K-3 Readers’ Choice Award. Suggested ages are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
Awards
Bluestem Award List 2024-25
May 17, 2024
Illinois Grades 3-5 Readers’ Choice Award. Suggested ages are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
Rebecca Caudill List 2024-25
May 17, 2024
Illinois Children’s Choice Award for Grades 4 to 8. Suggested ages are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
2024 Award Winners and Honor Titles
January 24, 2024
Enjoy these titles that received recent awards attention from various committees: Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Pura Belpré, Geisel, Sibert, Asian/Pacific Award for Literature, Schneider, the Sydney Taylor Award, American Indian Youth Award, Stonewall, Batchelder, the Children’s Literature Legacy Award and Children’s Literature Lecture Award. Age recommendations are from the catalog or publisher’s website.
2023 Blueberry Award Booklist!
January 13, 2024
Drumroll! Here are the 2023 Blueberry Awards winners, honors and change makers, the best nature and climate books for kids 3 – 10+! This list has been curated by librarians, collection development managers, our city’s Sustainability Manager, our school’s sustainability manager, dedicated staff from the Evanston Ecology Center, and early childhood development experts to assure parents, teacher and kids that these books are excellent and truthful, but in age-appropriate ways, designed to support delight first and group climate action second.
Monarch Award List 2023-24
May 18, 2023
Illinois Grades K-3 Readers’ Choice Award. Suggested ages and summaries are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
Bluestem Award List 2023-24
May 18, 2023
Illinois Grades 3-5 Readers’ Choice Award. Suggested ages and summaries are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
Caudill Award List 2023-24
May 18, 2023
Illinois Grades 4-8 Readers’ Choice Award. Suggested ages and summaries are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
The 2022 Blueberry Award Winner, Honors and Changemakers!
February 13, 2023
Kids deserve the very best books to learn more about nature and to start some action for the planet! The Blueberry Awards, begun by Evanston Public Library in 2021, annually showcase the best in kids’ literature about the earth and its protectors.
2023 Award Winners and Honor Titles
February 2, 2023
Enjoy these titles that received recent awards attention from various committees: Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Pura Belpré, Geisel, Sibert, Asian/Pacific Award for Literature, Schneider, the Sydney Taylor Award, Stonewall, Batchelder, the Children’s Literature Legacy Award and Children’s Literature Lecture Award. Age recommendations are from the catalog or publisher’s website.