Jefferson Cup
Awarded by the Youth Services Forum of the Virginia Library Association for
quality writing in U. S., History, Historical Fiction, or Biography.
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.
Horn Book Awards
Awards for children's literature fiction, nonfiction & picture books.
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.