ALA Notable Children’s Books

Caldecott Award (most distinguished American picture book for children) 

John Newbery Medal 
(most distinguished contribution to American literature for children)

Coretta Scott King Award  
(authors and illustrators of African descent)  

Pura Belpre Award  
(Latino/Latina writer and illustrator)

Sydney Taylor Book Award
 (Jewish children’s literature)

Mildred L. Batchelder Award 
(outstanding translated children's book) 

Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal 
(once every 2 years to an author or illustrator for a body of work) 

Robert F. Sibert Award  
(most distinguished informational book) 

Michael L. Printz Award  
(literary excellence in Young Adult Literature) 

Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature for Young Adults  
(lifetime achievement) 

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award  
(authors and illustrators of children’s and young adult books)

Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children  
(National Council of Teachers of English)

Scott O’Dell Award  
(historical fiction for children or young adults) 

Jefferson Cup Award  
(awarded by the Virginia Library Association for biography, historical fiction or American history book)

Virginia Young Readers 

The Costa Book Awards

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
(for beginning reader books) 

Odyssey Award
(best audiobook for children or young adults)