Looking for recent and past award winning books? How about titles that make the “Best of” lists? Find what you need at these sites.
ALA Notable Children’s Books
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecbooklist/currentnotable.htm
Américas Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/americas.html
Booklist Online: Books for Youth
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=booksforyouth
Bookreporter.com – Book Awards
http://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards.asp
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
http://www.hbook.com/bghb/default.asp
Caldecott Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
Carter G. Woodson Award
http://midhudson.org/Awards/woodson.htm
CBC Magazine Showcase Archive
http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/showcase/archives.html
Charlotte Zolotow Award Books
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=221
Cooperative Children’s Book Center Bibliographies
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailLists.asp?idBookListCat=7
Coretta Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.htm
The Golden Kite Award
http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
The Horn Book Fanfare List
http://www.hbook.com/resources/books/fanfare/fanfare07.asp
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
http://home.igc.org/~japa/jacba/index_jacba.html
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm
Michael L. Printz Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz,_Michael_L__Award.htm
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/batchelderaward/batchelderaward.htm
NCTE Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Award
http://www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus
New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books (2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/11/11/books/review/best-childrens-books-slideshow_index.html
New York Times Notable Children’s Books (2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/books/review/Kids-Notables-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Pura Belpré Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm
Reading Lists from the Children’s Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org/readinglists/
Recommended Books from The Horn Book Magazine
http://www.hbook.com/resources/books/default.asp
Robert F. Sibert Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
http://www.scottodell.com/odellaward.html
Sydney Taylor Book Award
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/st_books.htm
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/geiselaward/GeiselAward.htm
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