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Award
List for Educators
Search for Award Winning Book Titles
Or use the following
list. The list is for designed educators who are enrolled in the Seattle Pacific
University SPIRAL Distance learning course, "Beyond the Newbery:
Discovering Excellence in Children's Literature."
The John
Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Caldecott
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
Michael
Printz Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz,_Michael_L__Award.htm
Charlotte
Zolotow Award
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/zolotow.asp
Boston
Globe Horn Book
http://www.hbook.com/awards/bghb/default.asp
Alex Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.htm
Golden Kite
Award
http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
National
Book Award For Young People's Literature
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba.html
America's
Award
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/americas.html
Carter
G. Woodson Award
http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson/
Coretta
Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.htm
Jane Addams
Book Award
http://home.igc.org/~japa/jacba/index_jacba.html
Dolly Gray
Award
http://www.dddcec.org/secondarypages/dollygray/Dolly_Gray_Children's_Literature_Award.html
Golden Duck
Awards in Science Fiction
http://www.goldenduck.org/
Scott O'Dell
Historical Fiction Award
http://www.scottodell.com/odellaward.html
The Edgars
http://www.mysterywriters.org/pages/awards/index.htm
Hans
Christian Andersen Medal
http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273
Laura
Ingalls Wilder Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm
Margaret
A. Edwards Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/margaretedwards.htm
Ezra
Jack Keats Award
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/nyplawards.htm
If
you would like to see the entire list of State Award Books, go to:
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/awards.htm
The Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
The
Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Award
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/lovelace/lovelace.html
The
Texas Bluebonnet Award
http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/about.html
The Vermont
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
http://www.dcfaward.org/
YALSA
The Young
Adult Library Services Association is one of the best resources for
lists. The lists include:
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YALSA
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
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YALSA
Booklists, Best Books For Young Adults
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YALSA Quick
Picks for Young Adults
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YALSA
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
To access all
the lists, go to:
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/outstandingbooks/outstandingbooks.htm
Bulletin
Of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Books
http://bccb.lis.uiuc.edu/blue01.html
Booklist:
Editors Choice
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklist/editorschoice/booklisteditors.htm
The Cybils
Blogger Literary Awards
The Cybils are
a new award. The Cybils are the Children's and Young Adult Blogger
Literary award. This is a new award in 2006. To read more:
http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/
Jen
Robinson's Book Page
This blog has
an incredible amount of links and she posts a wealth of information
about kid books, usually middle grade and young adult fiction.
http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog
Fuse
#8
Fuse #8 is
written by a children's book librarian in the New York Public Library.
She has specific tastes on what books she thinks work and what do not.
Usually a lively place to find good conversation about books.
http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com
Big A Little
a
Kelly Harold's blog and another great one for finding incredible amounts of website
and blog links about children's books.
http://kidslitinformation.blogspot.com
Edge of the
Forest
Edge of the
Forest is an on-line monthly journal written by Kelly Harold and other
writers about children's literature. One column of special note is
called, "In the Backpack" which is about what books kids are reading
and interviews various librarians across the United States.
http://www.theedgeoftheforest.com
CynStations
(Author Cynthia Leitich Smith)
Author Cynthia
Leitich Smith has one of the best blogs for book reviews. She has a
keen way of knowing which books are excellent books, long before the
awards are announced, and always provides interviews with authors.
Also of note is her website which provides fabulous information about
writing for kids and children's books.
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com
(Website)
Finally,
many children's writers also keep a blog along with a website. You can
usually find their blog by going to their website or googling the
name. These are some ideas for what you can find on children's writer blogs.
Scott
Westerfeld
Scott
Westerfeld's blog usually includes some really creepy and strange
pictures that compliment his books or school visits.
http://www.scottwesterfeld.com/blog
Kirby Larson
Kirby Larson
is a children's writer who lives in Seattle. She is the author of
Hattie Big Sky. Kirby's blog often includes information about her
writing process and reading the blog is like having a chat with the
author about writing.
http://www.kirbylarson.com/blog
Shannon Hale
Shannon Hale,
author of Goose Girl, River Secrets,
Princess
Academy,
keeps a blog which varies between personal and writing. At one point,
she did post a list of books that she felt all high school students
should read and why. Her blog also includes a great deal about her two
year old son, Max and is fun to read and see writers are real people
too.
http://oinks.squeetus.com
Additional
Resources
Richie's Picks
http://www.richiespicks.com
Guys Read
http://www.guysread.com
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