Caldecott Medal Home Page
Awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Ezra Jack Keats Book Awards
Awarded annually to an outstanding new writer and new illustrator of picture books for children. The award is sponsored jointly by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation and The New York Public Library.

Hans Christian Andersen Award
Every other year the International Board on Books for Young People presents the Hans Christian Andersen Awards to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.

Newbery Medal Home Page
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.

Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Presented for a work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher and set in the New World.

Sydney Taylor Book Awards
The most distinguished contributions to Jewish childrens literature.