Association of Library Service to Children: Notable Children's Books
The Association for Library Service to Children develops and supports the profession of children's librarianship by enabling and encouraging its practitioners to provide the best library service to our nation's children.

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

Children's Book Awards
Extensive listings of US and International children's book awards.

Coretta Scott King Award
Authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."

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.

Pura Belpré Award
For an Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms,and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. The award is named for The New York Public Library's first Latina librarian.

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.