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Outstanding International Books List - USBBY. Beginning in 2006, USBBY has selected an honor list of international books for young people. The USBBY Outstanding International Books List is published each year in the February issue of School Library Journal and as a bookmark.​The Outstanding International Books (OIB) committee is charged with selecting international books that are deemed most outstanding of those published during the calendar year.

For the purposes of this honor list, the term "international book" is used to describe a book published or distributed in the United States that originated or was first published in a country other than the U.S. Best Books. Notables - CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ASSEMBLY. A Plan for Pops.

Notables - CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ASSEMBLY

Written by Heather Smith and illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan. Published by Orca Book Publishers.Beverly, Right Here. Written by Kate DiCamillo. Published by Candlewick Press.Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come. Written by Sue Macy and illustrated by Stacy Innerst. Boston Globe Horn Book Awards. Please join us the entire month of October 2020 as we celebrate, for the first time, the virtual Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards!

Boston Globe Horn Book Awards

Every week we'll be posting judges remarks, video interviews with the winners, acceptance speeches by the honorees, archival material, and more! Check back here each day in October for more about these award-winning books and follow us on Twitter: @HornBook; Facebook: TheHornBook; Instagram: @thehornbook; #BGHB20. BGHB 2020 Virtual Schedule Welcome week: October 5: Welcome by Horn Book editor in chief, Roger Sutton (above) Jane Addams Peace Association. Carter G. Woodson Book Awards. The Carter G.

Carter G. Woodson Book Awards

Woodson Book Award is presented to exemplary books written for children and young people each year at the NCSS Annual Conference. Authors are recognized at the NCSS Annual Conference, which is attended by over 4,000 K-12 and university level educators and other social studies professionals who enjoy interacting with the Woodson Award-winning authors and will be interested in obtaining copies of books for use with their students. Award-winning authors will be presented with a commemorative gift at the NCSS Meet-the-Author Panel Session.

A book signing will follow. Copies of the award-winning and honor books will be requested from publishers for purchase at a discounted price in order to feature those books for sale at the Annual Conference NCSS Bookstore. In addition, a medallion for these books was introduced in 1998. Outstanding Science Trade Books – Children's Book Council. 2021 Best STEM Books List – Children's Book Council. NSTA and CBC Announce the 2021 List of Top STEM Books for K-12 Students Arlington, VA (December 14, 2020)— The National Science Teaching Association today announced its fifth annual list of Best STEM Books K-12.

2021 Best STEM Books List – Children's Book Council

This list—selected by volunteer educators and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council—provides recommendations about the best trade books with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) content available for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. “This amazing list of STEM books includes titles that will bring wide-eyed wonder to our youngest readers and spark deep and intellectual discussions with students in upper grades,” said Dr. Elizabeth Allan, NSTA President. “We are thrilled to spotlight these inspirational books that reinforce reading comprehension skills while helping students making sense of STEM content.”

Green Earth Book Award - The Nature Generation. “On this 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we applaud the winning authors for motivating youth and shining a light on the environmental challenges that we continue to face,” said Amy Marasco, president and founder of the organization.

Green Earth Book Award - The Nature Generation

“We recommend these books as a resource to all the teachers and parents giving Earth Day lessons from home this year.” Junior Master Gardener names 2020 Growing Good Kids book award winners. The Scott O'Dell Award. Worth (Simon & Schuster), A LaFaye, 2005.

The Scott O'Dell Award

The River Between Us (Dial Press), Richard Peck, 2004. Trouble Don't Last (Alfred A. Knopf), Shelley Pearsall, 2003. Regina Medal. Past Regina Medal Recipients 2019 Kate DiCamillo 2018 Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney 2017 David A.

Regina Medal

Adler 2016 Lee Bennett Hopkins (CLW Regina Medal Award Transcript) Association of Jewish Libraries - Sydney Taylor Book Award. The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience.

Association of Jewish Libraries - Sydney Taylor Book Award

Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries since 1968, the award encourages the publication and widespread use of quality Judaic literature. Gold medals are presented in three categories: Picture Books, Middle Grade, and Young Adult. Honor Books are awarded silver medals, and Notable Books are named in each category. Notables - CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ASSEMBLY. National Book Awards - National Book Foundation. The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. International Literacy Association. Children’s Choices – Children's Book Council. 2020 Rise: A Feminist Book Project committee introduces new name and top ten feminist books for young readers. PHILADELPHIA -- The Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 committee (formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project), a subgroup of the Feminist Task Force (FTF) of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT), selected its top ten books for 2020.

2020 Rise: A Feminist Book Project committee introduces new name and top ten feminist books for young readers

Each year, the committee creates an annual booklist of the best feminist books for young readers, ages birth through 18, to be used by interested librarians, teachers, parents, and others who work with youth. The following titles were chosen as the 2020 Top Ten: "Shout" by Laurie Halse Anderson "What Do You Do With a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan" by Chris Barton, illustrated by Ekua Holmes "Rise! "We Set the Dark on Fire" by Tehlor Kay Mejia "The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family" by Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. "A Boy Like You" by Frank Murphy, illustrated by Kayla Harren "Forward Me Back to You" by Mitali Perkins.

The Amelia Bloomer Book List. About the The Amelia Bloomer Book List The Amelia Bloomer Project, a committee of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, compiles the Amelia Bloomer List, an annual annotated book list (or bibliography) of well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content, intended for young readers (ages birth through 18).

The Amelia Bloomer Book List

A few years ago, a book by Shana Carey introduced nineteenth-century feminist activist Amelia Bloomer to the picture-book crowd. Published in 2000, YOU FORGOT YOUR SKIRT, AMELIA BLOOMER! Uses humor and history to bring the life and work of this pioneering newspaper editor, feminist thinker, public speaker, and suffragist to a new generation. In the spirit of Amelia Bloomer, the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association proudly announced in 2002 the first annual Amelia Bloomer List, a bibliography of appealing feminist books for young readers from birth to 18.

Stonewall Book Awards. About The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table (formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table). Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience. The Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award, the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award and the Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award are presented to English language works published the year prior to the announcement date.

The award is announced in January/February and presented to the winning authors or editors at the American Library Association Annual Conference in June or July. The award winners each receive a commemorative plaque and $1,000. Rainbow Book Lists « Rainbow Book List. Rainbow Book List Rainbow Book Lists The Rainbow Book List is released every January. Books on the list are published within the assigned calendar year or between July 1 and December 31 of the previous calendar year. 44 Responses to "Rainbow Book Lists" 1 | The Rainbow Project | Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories September 19, 2011 at 5:15 pm […] Here’s their bibliography of their top recommendations for young people interested in the topic for the past four years.

Reply. Schneider Family Book Award. Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present. By Year: 1970 | 1971| 1972| 1973| 1974| 1975| 1976| 1977| 1978| 1979| 1980| 1981| 1982| 1983| 1984| 1985| 1986| 1987| 1988| 1989| 1990| 1991| 1992| 1993| 1994| 1995| 1996| 1997| 1998| 1999| 2000| 2001| 2002| 2003| 2004| 2005| 2006| 2007| 2008| 2009| 2010| 2011| 2012| 2013| 2014| 2015| 2016| 2017| 2018| 2019| 2020| 2021 By Decade: 1970s| 1980s| 1990s| 2000s| 2010s| 2020s 2021 Author Winner The 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Author Winner is Jacqueline Woodson, author of "Before the Ever After. " “Before the Ever After,” published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, is Jacqueline Woodson’s stirring novel-in-verse which explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the effects of professional sports on the Black body.

John Steptoe New Talent Award. The John Steptoe New Talent Award is established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration which otherwise might be formally unacknowledged within a given year within the structure of the two awards given annually by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee. Criteria The criteria for eligibility is the same as those for the writing and illustration awards, with the exception that the winner(s)' published works cannot exceed three in number. An author or illustrator who has already received or has just been selected to win one of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards in the current year is not eligible for the John Steptoe Award for New Talent.

An author may receive this award one time. One award will be presented annually for text or illustrations. Submit a title. Award Winners Alicia D. Tiffany D. Oge Mora, illustrator of Thank You, Omu (Little, Brown Young Readers) Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards. NBGS Lists - CL/R SIG. Past & Present NBGS Books 2021 Notable Books for a Global Society ​Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano/Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Excellence in Poetry for Children (Living American Poet) Literary Merit (art and craft of aggregate work – as poet or anthologist). Creating books of poetry that demonstrate imagination, authenticity of voice, evidence of a strong persona, and universality/timelessness are essential. In short, we are looking for a poet who creates poetry books that contain clean, spare lines; use language and form in fresh ways; surprise the reader by using syntax artistically; excite the reader’s imagination with keen perceptions and sharp images; touch the reader’s emotions: a maker of word events.

Poet’s or Anthologist’s Contributions. Aggregate work, evident potential for growth and evolution in terms of craft, and excellence are considered. Evolution of the Poet’s or Anthologist’s Work. Appeal to Children. Announcing the Golden Kite and Sid Fleischman Winners. Orbis Pictus Award (Nonfiction for Children) Charlotte Zolotow Award - Cooperative Children's Book Center. Charlotte Huck Award (Fiction for Children) 2020 NCTE Charlotte Huck Awards 2020 Winner.

Printz Award. Best Fiction for Young Adults. Great Graphic Novels. Skip to main content Great Graphic Novels. Alex Awards. Edwards Award. Nonfiction Award. Morris Award. International Literacy Association. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Welcome to the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal home page!

Welcome to the (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award home page! Welcome to the Children's Literature Legacy Award home page! Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Welcome to the (Mildred L.) Batchelder Award home page. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Americas Award @ CLASP, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. Tomás Rivera Book Award : Texas State University. CCBC Choices - Cooperative Children's Book Center. American Indian Youth Literature Award - American Indian Library Association. Literature Awards – APALA. 2021 Children’s Africana Book Awards – Africa Access. Middle East Book Award, given by the Middle East Outreach Council - Middle East Outreach Council. South Asia Book Award – An Initiative of the South Asia National Outreach Consortium. "In the Margins" Committee Announces 2020 Book Awards Honoring Marginalized & BIPOC Youth. The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards – The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are the UK's oldest and most prestigious children's book awards, recognising outstanding writing and illustration in books for children and young p. CBCA. CCBC Book Awards - Canadian Children's Book Centre.