Know Your Children's Book Awards

These awards celebrate a range of categories, including illustration, cultural representation, and various age groups, ensuring diverse recognition within the children's literature field.

1. Caldecott Medal
   Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

2. Newbery Medal
   Also awarded by the ALA, this is given to the author of the most distinguished American children's book.

3. Coretta Scott King Book Award
   Presented annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of children's books.

4. Michael L. Printz Award
   This award recognizes the best book for young adults, presented by the ALA.

5. Pura Belpré Award
   Awarded annually to a Latino or Latina author and illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.

6. Schneider Family Book Award
   Given annually to books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience for children and adolescents.

7. The Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
   Presented annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers.

These awards celebrate a range of categories, including illustration, cultural representation, and various age groups, ensuring diverse recognition within the children's literature field!

Other Awards:
 

• American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (opens in a new window)
• Bank Street College of Education’s Irma Black Award (opens in a new window)
• Blueberry Awards focusing on nature and the environment (Evanston Public Library)
• Boston Globe’s Horn Book Awards (opens in a new window)
• Charlotte Zolotow Awards (opens in a new window)
• Children’s Africana Book Awards (opens in a new window)
• Children’s Literature Association’s Phoenix Award (opens in a new window)
• Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards Winners (opens in a new window)
• IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Awards (opens in a new window)
• Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Award (opens in a new window)
• Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature (opens in a new window)
• National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (opens in a new window)
• NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children (opens in a new window)
• NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children (opens in a new window)
• NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (opens in a new window)
• Notable Books for a Global Society (opens in a new window)
• Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities (opens in a new window) (IBBY)
• Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Award (opens in a new window)
• Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction (opens in a new window)
• South Asia Book Award (opens in a new window)
• Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award (opens in a new window)
• We Need Diverse Books’ Walter Dean Myers Award (opens in a new window)