Children's Literature

ALA's literature award winners and various notable reading lists.

Compiled by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Created by Lisa R. Bartle, the searchable database indexes award-winning children's book titles across 162 awards in six English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland).

Awarded every other year to a living writer or author-illustrator with significant achievement in children’s or young-adult literature.

A biennial international competition held in Korea for children's book artists.

Recognizes publishers, translators, and authors of books in English translation for young adult readers.

Awarded by the International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) to one illustrator and one author for their “lasting contribution to children’s literature”.

An annual book list recognizing the most outstanding children’s books originally published outside the United States.

The biennial prize honors a picture book that is published in or translated into Spanish.

(Spain) honors a Spanish-language writer whose creative career has stood out in the field of children's and youth literature. The use of the writer's work as an educational resource is taken into account.

(US & Puerto Rico) Presented in honor of Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library who is celebrated for translating hundreds of children’s books. This award is given to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work represents Latin heritage and cultural experience. Books must be published in the United States or Puerto Rico.

Presented annually to authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books about Africa and available in the U.S. The award was created to encourage the publication and use of accurate, balanced children’s material about Africa.

Given by the South Asia National Outreach Consortium (SANOC), this award highlights outstanding literature for children and teens that portrays South Asia or South Asians. The books must be available in the US, well suited for classroom use, culturally authentic, and of high literary quality.

Awarded by the Arab American National Museum, this award honors books written by and about Arab Americans.

Launched in 2009 and organized by the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY), this award recognizes Arabic children’s books that have not been translated to a language other than Arabic.

The only national book awards program where the winners are selected by kids and teens of all ages.