Research Guides: Creative Writing: Children's Writers & Illustrators

Children's Markets

The Business of Writing for Children by Aaron Shepard
Call Number: PN147.5 .S54 2000
ISBN: 0938497111
Publication Date: 2000
The Encyclopedia of Writing and Illustrating Children's Books by Desdemona McCannon; Sue Thornton; Yadzia Williams
Call Number: PN147.5 .M36 2008
ISBN: 9780762431489
Publication Date: 2008
Picture Writing by Anastasia Suen
Call Number: PN147.5 .S84 2003
ISBN: 1582970726
Publication Date: 2003
Writing and Illustrating Childrens Books for Publication by Berthe Amoss; Eric Suben
Call Number: PN147.5 .A48 2005
ISBN: 1582973539
Publication Date: 2005
Writing Children's Books for Dummies by Lisa Rojany Buccieri; Peter Economy; Lisa Rojany Buccieri
ISBN: 1118460030
Publication Date: 2013
eBook
Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market
Call Number: PN147.5 .C48
ISBN: 1440301239
Publication Date: Released Yearly

Award Winners

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature This link opens in a new window
Access book titles via keyword or phrase searching, or by using a form to indicate reading level, genre, language, historical period, gender of the protagonist, and ethnicity of the protagonist, among other elements. Books listed have been recognized with awards ranging from the Caldecott Award to ALA Notable Books for Children.

Association for Library Service for Children: Book & Media Awards
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 (Young Adult Library Services Association) Book Awards
YALSA honors the best teen literature each year with its six literary awards.
Newbery Medal
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.
Caldecott Medal
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.
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbons
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.
International Latino Book Awards
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.)

Children's book awards international, 1990 through 2000 by Laura Smith
Call Number: Z1037.A2 S46 2002
ISBN: 0786412887
Publication Date: 2003