Click on the link below to view a list of the Award Winners, including The Newbery and Caldecott Awards. In case you are not familiar with the various awards, here is a list of the awards and what they honor.
Caldecott Medal: is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Newbery Medal: is awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Michael L. Printz Award: is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
Coretta Scott King Award: annually recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.
Theodore Seuss Geisel Award: established in 2004 is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children's literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.
Schneider Family Book Award: honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.
Pura Belpre' Award: presented to a 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.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award: honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children's literature.
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award: honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a November 1 to October 31 publishing year.
Andrew Carnegie Medal: honors the most outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year.
To see a list of the winners, click on the .pdf file below:
http://www.mackin.com/PDFs/ALAAwardsJan2010.PDF
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