ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
The Newbery Medal Winner was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller
John Newbery. It is awarded by the ALA to the author of the most
distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
"The Pura Belpr� Award, established in 1996, is presented 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."
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm
Summer Reading List
http://www.librariansread.com/
"The Mildred L. Batchelder Award, awarded to an American publisher for a
children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books
originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and
subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
ALSC gives the award to encourage American publishers to seek out superior
children's books abroad and to promote communication among the peoples of
the world."
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/index.cfm
The Wilder Award 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
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/index.cfm
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the
author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book
published in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor
of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books,
Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois. ALSC administers the award.
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the
author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book
published in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor
of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books,
Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois. ALSC administers the award.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm
The Andrew Carnegie Medal honors the most outstanding video productions for
children released during the previous year.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/carnegiemedal/index.cfm
The Odyssey Annual Award is given to the producer of the best audiobook
produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the
United States.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/odysseyaward/index.cfm