Children's & Young Adult Literature: Awards & Advisory

Includes information about the following awards: ALSC May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award, Batchelder Award, Belpré Medal, Caldecott Medal, Carnegie Medal, Geisel Award, Newbery Medal, Odyssey Award, Sibert Medal, and Wilder Medal.

YALSA honors the best teen literature each year with its six literary awards.

Named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

Blue Ribbons are chosen annually by the Bulletin staff and represent what they believe to be the best of the previous year's literature for youth.

Held annually by Latino Literacy Now in conjunction with Las Comadres para las Americas, & Reforma: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (an affiliate of the American Library Association). (Scroll down the page.)

A division of the American Library Association.

The Children’s Book Council (CBC) is the nonprofit trade association of children’s book publishers in North America, dedicated to supporting the industry and promoting children’s books and reading.

he Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) is a non-profit association of scholars, critics, professors, students, librarians, teachers and institutions dedicated to the academic study of literature for children. For our members, children’s literature includes books, films, and other media created for, or adopted by, children and young adults around the world, past, present, and future.

Brings together stakeholders from the areas of libraries, education, research, out of school time, youth development and more to develop and deliver resources to libraries that expand their capacity to support teen learning and enrichment and to foster healthy communities.

International professional organization for writers and illustrators of children’s literature.