1. ALA Best Books For Young Adults
   Annual list of outstanding books for young adults


2. ALA Children's Notable Lists
   Annual list of outstanding books for children.


3. ALA Popular Paperbacks For Young Adults
   Topical lists of books for children & young adults.


4. Alex Awards
   Ten adult books that will be enjoyed by young adults


5. Caldecott Medal
   Illustrations in a children's picture book


6. Coretta Scott King Award
   African American children's literature


7. John Steptoe Award for New Talent
   Awarded to new African American children's author


8. Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
   Author or illustrator contribution to children's literature


9. Margaret A. Edwards Award
   Author's lifetime achievement award


10. Michael L. Printz Award
    Young adult literature


11. Mildred L. Batchelder Award
    Children's book published in a foreign language


12. Newbery Award
    Fiction for children


13. Pura Belpre Medal
    Literature by a Latino writer


14. Quick Picks For Reluctant Young Adult Readers


15. Schenider Family Book Award
    Books that "embody artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences".


16. Sibert Award
    Awarded by the ALA for an informational book.


17. Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
    Beginning Reader book

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1. Australian Children's Book Awards
   A variety of different awards awarded to books published in Australia.


2. Canadian Children's Book Awards
   A variety of different awards awarded to books published in Canada.


3. Carnegie Medal
   Fiction published in Great Brittain


4. Kate Greenaway Award
   Illustrations in a book published in the Great Britain


5. New Zealand Children's Book Awards
   A variety of different awards awarded to books published in New Zealand.

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1. Alabama: Not Available
2. Alaska: Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
3. Arizona Young Readers' Award
4. Arkansas: Charlie May Simon and Diamond Primary Book Awards
5. California Young Reader Medal
6. Colorado Children's Book Award
7. Connecticut: Nutmeg Children's Book Award
8. Delaware: Blue Hen Book Award
9. Florida: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
10. Georgia: Children's Book Award
11. Hawaii: Nene Award
12. Idaho: Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
13. Illinois: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
14. Indiana: Young Hoosier Book Award
15. Iowa Children's Choice Award
16. Kansas: William Allen White Children's Book Award
17. Kentucky: Bluegrass Award
18. Louisiana: Young Readers Choice Award
19. Maine Student Book Award
20. Maryland: Black Eyed Susan Book Award
21. Massachusetts: Children's Book Award
22. Michigan: Great Lakes Great Books
23. Minnesota: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
24. Mississippi: Not Available
25. Missouri: Reader Incentive Awards
26. Montana: Treasure State Awards
27. Nebraska: Golden Sower Award
28. Nevada: Young Reader's Award
29. New Hampshire: Great Stone Face Award
30. New Jersey: Garden State Children's Book Awards
31. New Mexico: Land of Enchantment Book Award
32. New York: Charlotte Award
33. North Carolina Children's Book Award
34. North Dakota Flicker Tale Award
35. Ohio: Buckeye Children's Book Award
36. Oklahoma: Sequoyah Book Award
37. Oregon: Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
38. Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Awards
39. Rhode Island Children's Book Awards
40. South Carolina Children's Book Award
41. South Dakota: Prairie Bud and Pasque Book Awards
42. Tennessee: Volunteer State Book Awards
43. Texas Bluebonnet Award and other reading lists
44. Utah: Beehive Awards
45. Vermont: The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
46. Virginia Readers' Choice
47. Washington: Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
48. West Virginia: Children's Book Award
49. Wisconsin Golden Archer Award
50. Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award
    

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1. Aesop Prize
   Awarded for a work of children's folklore.


2. Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
   Poetry award.


3. Edgar Allen Poe Award
   Mystery fiction


4. Jefferson Cup
   Awarded by the Youth Services Forum of the Virginia Library Association for
   quality writing in U. S., History, Historical Fiction, or Biography.


5. Mythopoeic Award
   Fantasy literature for children


6. Orbis Pictus Award
   Nonfiction for children


7. Scott O'Dell Award
   Historical fiction

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1. Bank Street Children's Book Awards
   This award for fiction honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit
   in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with
   difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally.


2. Charlotte Zolotow Award
   Text in a children's picture book


3. Christopher Awards
   Books which affirm the highest values of the human spirit.


4. Golden Kite Award
   Presented by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
   to children's book authors and illustrators by their fellows


5. Hans Christian Andersen Medal
   Author or illustrator contribution to children's literature


6. Horn Book Awards
   Awards for children's literature fiction, nonfiction & picture books.


7. International Reading Association Children's Book Awards
   Given for an author's first or second published book. Four awards will be for fiction
   and non-fiction in two age categories: younger readers (ages 4-10); older readers
   (ages 10-17). Books from any country and in any language copyrighted during the
   award year are considered.


8. Jane Addams Award
   Books that promote peace


9. National Book Award
   Awarded by National Book Foundation for young people's literature.


10. Phoenix Award
    Novel published 20 years earlier


11. Sydney Taylor Book Award
    Outstanding Jewish children's literature

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Last Updated June 2010