AWARDS RECOGNIZED BY TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS

BOOK AWARDS USED BY TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS MOST OFTEN FOR THE SELECTION OF BEST LITERATURE 

Dr. Slick’s Recommendations for Awards list.

Alex Awards  books written for adults that appeal to teens

Caldecott Medal  picture book award winner from American Library Association.

Coretta Scott King Award outstanding Afro American authors and illustrators

Hans Christian Andersen Awards  International Award for children’s books

 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Fantasy Awards
Michael L. Printz Award  Young Adult Literature (Teens)
Mildred L. Batchelder Award   Most outstanding children’s book first published in another language other than English

National Book Award   Awards nationally for all books.  Young People Lit.

Newbery Medal Children’s Books especially intermediate and upper level.

Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children   Non-fiction  NCTE

Pura Belpré Award Latino author or illustrator.

Schneider Family Book Award Book embodies disability experiences.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction   Historical fiction
Sibert Informational Book Award  Non-fiction

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction  Non-fiction Teens

ALAN Young Adult Award Winner Authors Literature for Adolescents authors award winners.

International Reading Association Choice Awards  Children’s, Teachers, and Young Adult choices.  

Accelerated Reader is not an award for books.  
Scholastic Reading Counts is not an award for books.

Book Awards for children's and teen books

Alex Awards Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Caldecott Medal Claudia Lewis Award Cook Prize Coretta Scott King Award Costa Book Awards CYBILS Awards E.B. White Read Aloud Awards Edgar Allan Poe Awards Flora Stieglitz Straus Award Geisel Award Giverny Award Hans Christian Andersen Awards Indies Choice Book Awards Jane Addams Children's Book Award Jefferson Cup Awards Josette Frank Award

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award Margaret A. Edwards Award Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Michael L. Printz Award Mildred L. Batchelder Award National Book Award NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children Newbery Medal Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Original Art Phoenix Award Pura Belpré Award Schneider Family Book Award Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction Sibert Informational Book Award Stonewall Book Awards Sydney Taylor Book Award William C. Morris YA Debut Award YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

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