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Children's Award Books: Home

Browse by Award and Year the children's award books we have in our shelves in the Curriculum Resource Collection (CRC).

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Use the tabs at the top of the page to browse books by award and year!

 

What are children's book awards and why do they matter?

Children's book awards are chosen every year, mostly by librarians, to indicate "the best" children's books of the year in many award categories. The awards tell publishers, writers, and illustrators what is considered to be "the best," and thus the standards they must strive to attain. Award-winners get orders from libraries and bookstores around the country and are displayed with award stickers on their front covers.

 

 

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Contact & Credits

Visit the 4th floor Curriculum Resource Collection, our 4th floor Reference Desk, or contact lucas.hall@umb.edu.

 

This guide was co-created by:

  • Lucas Hall
  • Roxann Harvey
  • Danielle Kodess
  • Rowan Qudah

The Children's Award Books we collect in the CRC:

Children's Award Books are located at the end of the CRC shelves. They are shelved in order by call number. They also have stickers on their spines to indicate which award they won and which year. Here are the award books in our collection:

  • Batchelder Award: children’s literature first published in a language other than English and originating in a country other than the United States.
  • Caldecott Medal: “The most distinguished American picture book for children.”
  • Coretta Scott King Award: children’s and young adult literature about the African-American cultural experience
  • Newbery Medal: “The most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.”
  • Pura Belpré Award: children’s literature about the Latinx cultural experience
  • Schneider Family Book Award: children’s books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience
  • Sibert Informational Award: children’s informational books
  • Stonewall Award: children’s and young adult literature about the LGBTQIA+ experience
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel Award: The most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English.”
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