February 26, 2022
The Blueberry Award is a brand new children’s book prize in its inaugural year. The Blueberry is given to the children’s book that best engenders a love of nature in children ages 3 – 10. There is one winner and 25 Honor Books PLUS a list of Changemaker books that help children act in response to climate change. A 2020 BBC poll found 80% of kids are concerned about the environment. This new award aims to give kids the highest quality materials to learn and to act!
January 25, 2022
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 Awards, Stonewall and the Children’s Literature Legacy Award. Age recommendations are from the catalog or publisher’s website.
December 14, 2021
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. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.
December 14, 2021
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.
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.
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.
December 13, 2021
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.”
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.
