Children's Literature
Find information about the CSULB University Library's Children's Collection as well as information about children's literature in general.
Children's Book Awards
There are MANY awards for Children's and Young Adult literature.
- ALSC Book & Media Awards Shelf
Search for winners of all the awards given by the American Library Association's childrens group including the Caldecott and Newbery awards. - Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (DAWCL) Search for award winning books in MANY different ways. DAWCL has records from 112 awards across English-speaking countries.
Awards Voted on by Kids
- California Young Reader's Medal KID SELECTED - children across the state vote for their favorites in several categories
- Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards KID-SELECTED The only national book awards program where the winners are selected by kids and teens of all ages.
- CBC Favorites Awards FAVORITES lists are new books read and rated by thousands of children, teachers, and librarians in rural, suburban, and urban schools and libraries across the U.S.
Fiction Awards
- Américas Book Award LATINX Quality children's and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States
- Anna Dewdney Read Together Award READ ALOUDS given annually to a picture book that is both a superb read-aloud and also sparks compassion, empathy, and connection.
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards U.S. PUBLISHED - Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category.
- Caldecott Medal PICTURE BOOK- Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
- Carnegie Medal for Illustration and Writing BRITISH BEST - British Award for best children's literature and illustration
- Carter G. Woodson Book Award ETHNICITY - the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States
- Charlotte Huck Award ENGLISH TEACHERS- NCTE award for outstanding fiction for children.
- Children’s Africana Book Awards AFRICA -authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books on Africa
- Coretta Scott King Awards AFRICAN-AMERICAN -Outstanding children's and YA books by African American authors and illustrators.
- Cybils Awards BY BLOGGERS - Childrens and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards: aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.
- E.B. White Read Aloud Award READ ALOUD - Honors books that reflect the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E.B. White in his classic books for children.
- Ezra Jack Keats Book Award NEW AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR - For a new author and new illustrator.
- Freeman Book Award EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN titles for Children and Young Adults
- Golden Kite Awards SOCIETY OF AUTHORS - Given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in Fiction, Non-Fiction and Humor
- IBBY Honour List INTERNATIONAL Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List is a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books from IBBY member countries
- International Literacy Association Book Awards INTERNATIONAL NEW - Newly published authors in the children's and young adults' book field. Awards are given for fiction and nonfiction in each of three (3) categories: primary, intermediate, and young adult. Books from all countries and published in English for the first time during this year.
- The John and Patricia Beatty Award CALIFORNIA author of a book for children or young adults that best promotes California and its people
- Mathical Book Award MATH - Children's books that feature Math!
- Michael L. Printz Award BEST YA - Best Young Adult book each year
- Middle East Book Award MIDDLE EAST -Recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of the Middle East and its component societies and cultures.
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award FOREIGN LANGUAGE (Translated) - For 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.
- Moonbeam Awards NORTH AMERICAN - Designed to honor the year's best children’s books, authors and illustrators open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in English or Spanish and intended for the North American market. Many categories including spanish language, art, pop-up and more.
- Newbery Medal BEST AMERICAN - Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
- Phoenix Award CLASSIC BOOK - From the Children's Literature Association for an older book that has resurfaced.
- Pura Belpré Award LATINX - 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.
- Schneider Family Book Award DISABILITY EXPERIENCE - Given to books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience.
- Sid Fleischman Award HUMOR - For Humor (part of the Golden Kite awards)
- Sydney Taylor Book Award JEWISH EXPERIENCE - outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience
- South Asia Book Award SOUTH ASIA Up to three outstanding works of literature, from picture books to young adult novels, which accurately and skillfully portray the experience of individuals living in South Asia, or of South Asians living in other parts of the world.
- Stonewall Book Award LGBTQ - Given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience.
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award BEGINNING READERS - Given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English.
- Tomás Rivera Book Award MEXICAN AMERICAN - To honor authors and illustrators who create literature that depicts the Mexican American experience
- William C. Morris Award NEW YA AUTHOR - Awarded yearly to the best book by a previously unpublished author written for Young Adults.
Nonfiction Awards
- AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books SCIENCE - celebrates outstanding science writing and illustration for children and young adults
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards U.S. PUBLISHED - Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category.
- Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award BEST AUTHOR - Awarded yearly to an author
- Excellence in Nonfiction YA NONFICTION - YALSA award for best Nonfiction book written for teens.
- Giverny Award SCIENCE PICTURE BOOK - Honors a children's science picture book written in the English language and published within five years of the award date. The book must teach its young reader at least one important scientific principle well, or encourage the reader toward specific science-related attitudes, pursuits, or inquiries. Books about plants and/or plant science or biology will have preference.
- Golden Kite Awards SOCIETY OF AUTHORS - Given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in Fiction, Non-Fiction and Humor
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction ENGLISH TEACHER'S BEST NONFICTION - Promoting and recognizing excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children.
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal BEST NONFICTION - Awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English
Other Awards
- Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN - The Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.
- Children's Literature Legacy Award LEGACY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR -Honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
- CODE's Burt Award NATIVE CULTURES - Honors First Nations, African and Caribbean literature.
- Gelett Burgess Award EDUCATIONAL BOOKS -The best family-friendly, creative and educational books on the market that will make an impact in a child's life by helping them grow: socially, emotionally, ethically, intellectually, and physically.
- Jane Addams Award PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -For children's books that promote peace and social justice.
- NCTE Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry POETRY - Awarded every other year to an author's of children's poetry.
- Notable Books for a Global Society WORLD CULTURES - Outstanding trade books for enhancing student understanding of people and cultures throughout the world for grades k-12.
