Children's Literature: Children's Book Awards

An annual booklist of the best feminist books for young readers, ages birth through 18 created by the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association. The Bloomer list is published in Booklist (historically, in the preface to Women’s History Month article, February/March of each year) and posted on their blog in late January.

The Arab American Book Award is an honor given each year to outstanding books written by or about Arab Americans.

The goal of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.

The (Mildred L.) Batchelder Award recognizes an outstanding children's book published in a foreign language and translated into English. Includes links to winners and submission instructions.

Most distinguished American picture book for children.

The Carter G. Woodson Book Award is presented to exemplary books written for children and young people each year at the NCSS Annual Conference.

Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions

The Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award recognizes authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional and biographical children, intermediate, and young adult books that authentically portray individuals with developmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, and Down syndrome.

Each Earth Day, we bestow this award to children’s and young adult literature that best convey the message of environmental stewardship.

The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award annually recognizes children’s books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people. A national committee of members with passion for and expertise in children’s literature and social justice is responsible for making the choices each year.

The Awards are intend­ed to rec­og­nize authors, and encour­age read­ing, of out­stand­ing Eng­lish-lan­guage books of Jew­ish interest.

Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children

The Pura Belpré 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.

Awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year.

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

The first and most enduring award for lesbigay books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table