LibGuides: CI4300: Children's Literature: Resources for Children's Lit

Awards

Américas Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Arab American Book Awards
Established in 2006 by the Arab American National Museum, the Arab American Book Award honors significant literature by and about Arab Americans. It is the only literary competition of its type in the U.S.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Batchelder Award
The Batchelder Award is given to the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States.
Belpré Medal
The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually 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.
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Children's Literature Legacy Award
formerly the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Children's Notable Lists
Children’s and Teen Choice Book Awards
The only national book awards voted on only by kids and teens.
Coretta Scott King Awards
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given 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.
Dolly Gray Award for Children's Literature in Developmental Disabilities
ForeWord Books of the Year
Geisel Award
Golden Kite Award
The Golden Kite Award, first given in 1973, is the only major children's book award presented by one's peers, and, therefore, is one of the most respected and coveted honors in the field.
Hans Christian Andersen Award
IBBY Honour List
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
John Burroughs Association Awards
Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is 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.
Odyssey Award
Orbis Pictus
The Orbis Pictus Award was established in 1990 by the National Council of Teachers of English
to promote and recognize excellence in nonfiction writing.
The award is named for Orbis Pictus (The World in Pictures) by Johann Comenius,
published in 1657 and considered to be the first informational book written specifically for children.
Phoenix Award
First presented in 1985, it is given to the author, or the estate of the author, of a book for children first published twenty years earlier that did not win a major award at the time of its publication but which, from the perspective of time, is deemed worthy of special attention. Since 1989, honor books have also been named.
Sibert Informational Book Medal

Guides and Leveled or Graded Book Lists

A to Zoo by Carolyn W. Lima; John A. Lima
Call Number: Z1037 .L715 2010 (OhioLINK)
ISBN: 1591582326
Publication Date: 2010
Best Books for Middle School and Junior High Readers, Grades 6-9 by Catherine Barr
Call Number: Z1037 .G482 2009 Suppl. (OhioLINK)
ISBN: 9781598847833
Publication Date: 2011
Educator's Companion to Children's Literature by Sharron L. McElmeel; Deborah L. McElmeel (Illustrator)
Call Number: LB1576 .M3975 1995 v. 2 (2 volumes)
ISBN: 1563083302
Publication Date: 1996
Essentials of Children's Literature by Carol Lynch-Brown; Carl M. Tomlinson
Call Number: PN1009.A1 L96 2008
ISBN: 9780205520329
Publication Date: 2007
A Field Guide to the Classroom Library by Lucy McCormick Calkins; The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Community Staff; Lucy Calkins; The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
Call Number: LB1573 .C183 2002 v. A-G
ISBN: 0325004951
Publication Date: 2002
The Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Book List K-8+, Volume 1 by Irene C. Fountas; Gay Su Pinnell
Call Number: (OhioLINK) LB1573 .F638 2013 v.1 & 2
ISBN: 9780325049076
Publication Date: 2013-2015 ed.
Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature by Emer O'Sullivan
Call Number: PN1009.A1 O775 2010
ISBN: 9780810860803
Publication Date: 2010
The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature by Lissa Paul (Editor); Lynne Vallone (Editor); Gillian Avery (Editor); Peter Hunt (Editor); Jack Zipes (Editor)
Call Number: PZ5 .N655 2005 (OhioLINK)
ISBN: 0393327760
Publication Date: 2005
Passionate Readers by Pernille Ripp
Call Number: LB1632 .R54 2018
ISBN: 9781138958647
Publication Date: 2017
Report of the National Reading Panel : teaching children to read : an evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Call Number: HE 20.3352:R 22 (Government Document)
Publication Date: 2000

Banned and Challenged Books

These Kid’s Books Have Been Banned (or Challenged)
Evanston Public Library
25 Banned Books to Read with Your Kids Tonight
Red Tricycle
Banned Books Week YouTube page
Frequently Challenged Books
ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom

To 11 Challenged Books of 2018

Reasons for banning books

The most common reasons cited for banning books:

Racial Issues
Encouragement of "Damaging" Lifestyles
Blasphemous Dialogue
Sexual Situations or Dialogue
Violence or Negativity
Presence of Witchcraft
Religious Affiliations (unpopular religions)
Political Bias
Age Inappropriate

Source: Flanagan, Maura. "Why Books are Really Banned: Books Are Banned, But Why?" The Odyssey Online. May 30, 2017. https://www.theodysseyonline.com/why-books-are-banned. Accessed Feb. 7, 2020.

CI4300: Children's Literature: Resources for Children's Lit

Awards

Guides and Leveled or Graded Book Lists

Banned and Challenged Books

To 11 Challenged Books of 2018

Reasons for banning books

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