Children's Literary Prizes and Awards

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Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration - Winners

Book of the Year Award for Children - Winners

Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards - Winners

Since 1967, The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults.

Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Homepage

Since 1967, The Boston Globe and The Horn Book, Inc., have co-sponsored the Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards for excellence in literature for children and young adults.

Carnegie Medal - Winners

Carnegie Medal homepage National Army

The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children. It was established by The Library Association in 1936.

Children's Book Council Book of the Year - Winners

Coretta Scott King Award Homepage

Corretta Scott King Award - Winners

The Coretta Scott King Award honors African-American authors and illustrators for outstanding contributions to children's and young adult literature that promotes understanding and appreciation of the culture and contribution of all people to the realization of the American Dream.

Guardian Children's Fiction Award - Winners

Guide to New Zealand Children's Book Awards

from Christchurch College of Education

John Newbery Medal - Winners

The John Newbery Medal was established in 1922 and is awarded for the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children. Christchurch City Libraries records winners since the first medal was awarded in 1922.

John Newbery Medal Home Page

The Newbery Medal was 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.

Kate Greenaway Award - Winners

Kate Greenaway Medal homepage

The Kate Greenaway Medal was established by The Library Association in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children. It is named after the popular nineteenth century artist known for her fine children's illustrations and designs.

National Book Awards - Young people's literature

Nestle Smarties Book Prize - Winners

Randolph Caldecott Medal - Winners

The Randolph Caldecott Medal is awarded for the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children. Established 1938.

Randolph Caldecott Medal Home Page

The Caldecott Medal was 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.

Signal Poetry Award - Winners

Whitbread award for a Children's Novel - Winners

Young Adult Canadian Book Award - Winners