Award-Winning and Notable Kids’ Books

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards (opens in a new window) are awarded annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. One or more Honor books are recognized each year as well.

The Pura Belpré Awards (opens in a new window) are awarded annually by the American Library Association to honor writers and illustrators whose children’s and young adult books best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience. One or more Honor books are recognized each year as well.

• (Laura Ingalls) Wilder Award (opens in a new window)
• (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award (opens in a new window)
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (opens in a new window)
• Odyssey Audiobooks Awards (opens in a new window)
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award (opens in a new window)
• Schneider Family Book Award (opens in a new window)
• Early Learning Digital Media Award (opens in a new window)

ALA Affiliates

• American Indian Youth Literature Award (opens in a new window)
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (opens in a new window)
• Sydney Taylor Book Award (opens in a new window)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books (opens in a new window)
• Bank Street College of Education’s Irma Black Award (opens in a new window)
• Boston Globe’s Horn Book Awards (opens in a new window)
• Charlotte Zolotow Awards (opens in a new window)
• Children’s Africana Book Awards (opens in a new window)
• Children’s Literature Association’s Phoenix Award (opens in a new window)
• Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards Winners (opens in a new window)
• IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Awards (opens in a new window)
• Jane Addams Peace Association Children’s Book Award (opens in a new window)
• Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature (opens in a new window)
• National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (opens in a new window)
• NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children (opens in a new window)
• NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children (opens in a new window)
• NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (opens in a new window)
• Notable Books for a Global Society (opens in a new window)
• Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities (opens in a new window) (IBBY)
• Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice Award (opens in a new window)
• Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction (opens in a new window)
• South Asia Book Award (opens in a new window)
• Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award (opens in a new window)
• We Need Diverse Books’ Walter Dean Myers Award (opens in a new window)

International English-language children’s book awards

• Book of the Year for Children Award from the Canadian Library Association (opens in a new window)
• Book of the Year Awards by the Children’s Book Council of Australia (opens in a new window)
• Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) Book of the Year Awards (opens in a new window)
• CILIP Carnegie Medal (opens in a new window)
• CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal (opens in a new window)
• Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (opens in a new window)
• New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (opens in a new window)

“Best of” annual lists

• Notable Children’s Books (opens in a new window), American Library Association
• Best Children’s Books of the Year (opens in a new window), Bank Street College of Education
• Best Children’s Picture Books (opens in a new window), Publishers Weekly
• Notable Children’s Books of 2016 (opens in a new window), The New York Times

Additional booklists

• Recommended Books by Theme, Reading Rockets
• 100 Great Children’s Books (opens in a new window), New York Public Library
• Hot Off the Press (opens in a new window), Children’s Book Council
• Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People (opens in a new window), National Council for the Social Studies
• Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (opens in a new window), Capitol Choices
• Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (opens in a new window), National Science Teachers Association
• Parents’ Choice Award Winners (opens in a new window), Parents’ Choice Foundation