This document lists and describes many awards for literature for children and young adults, including the Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, and Coretta Scott King awards. It provides examples of award winning and honor books for each category, which range from picture books to young adult novels to nonfiction works. The awards recognize excellence in writing, illustration, and audiobook production for young people.

1. From the Caldecott to the Printz: Literature Awards for Children & Teens Presented byBonnie Kunzel, Youth Services and Adolescent Literacy Consultant bkunzel@aol.comwww.bonniekunzel.com Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, New Jersey State Librarysrawlins@njstatelib.org NJASL 2010

2. AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS – AWARD OR HONOR BOOK

3. Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

4. Victoria Goes to Brazil by Maria de Fatima Campos

5. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE - AWARD OR HONOR BOOK

6. Cora Cooks Pancitby Dorina K. LazoGilmore

7. Everything Asian: A Novel by Sung J. Woo

8. BATCHELDER AWARD OR HONOR BOOK – FOR BEST TRANSLATION

9. Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe

10. A Faraway Island by Annika Thor

11. BEST FICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 12 – 18)

12. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

13. Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta

14. BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARD OR HONOR BOOKS

15. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

16. Smile by RainaTelgemeier

17. CALDECOTT MEDAL AND HONOR BOOKS

18. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

19. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick

20. CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD OR HONOR BOOKS

21. Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis

22. Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall by VaundaMicheaux Nelson

23. EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST MYSTERY – YA AND CHILDREN

24. The Postcard by Tony Abbott

25. Reality Check by Peter Abrahams

26. THE GOLDEN KITE AWARD OR HONOR BOOK (SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS)

27. Sea of the Dead by Julia Durango

28. Neil Armstrong is My Uncle: & Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino

29. GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS (INCLUDES ILLUSTRATED NONFICTION FOR AGES 12-18)

30. Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer by Van Jensen & Dusty Higgins

31. A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld

32. JOHN STEPTOE AWARD FOR NEW TALENT BOOK FOR WRITING OR ILLUSTRATION

33. The Rock and the River by KeklaMagoon

34. Bird by Shadra Strickland, illustrator and Zetta Elliott, author

35. LAURA INGALLS WILDER AWARD AUTHOR BOOK – FOR LASTING CONTRIBUTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

36. Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan

37. Lincoln: A Photobiographyby Russell Freedman

38. MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD BOOK – FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS

39. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

40. Harper Trilogy: Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey

41. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE – AWARD OR HONOR BOOKS

42. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation: Vol. I : The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson

43. The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

44. NEWBERY AWARD OR HONOR BOOKS

45. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

46. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

47. NOTABLE CHILDREN’S BOOKS - BEST OF THE BEST IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS, INCLUDING FICTION, NONFICTION, POETRY AND PICTURE BOOKS FOR ALL AGE LEVELS (BIRTH – AGE 14)

48. Words to My Life’s Song by Ashley Bryan

49. Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles into Comics by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold & Alexis Frederick-Frost

50. ODYSSEY AWARD FOR BEST AUDIOBOOK PRODUCED FOR CHILDREN AND/OR YOUNG ADULTS

51. Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy by L. A. Meyer

52. Jazz by Walter Dean Myers

53. ORBIS PICTUS AWARD BOOKS FOR OUTSTANDING NONFICTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

54. The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass

55. The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner

56. PRINTZ AWARD OR HONOR BOOKS (TEEN NEWBERY)

57. Repossessed by A. M. Jenkins

58. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

59. PURA BELPRE AWARD OR HONOR BOOK, FOR WRITING OR ILLUSTRATION BY LATINO/LATINA AUTHORS OR ILLUSTRATORS

60. Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes and Yuyi Morales

61. Esperanza Risingby Pam Munoz Ryan

62. QUICK PICKS FOR RELUCTANT YOUNG ADULT READERS

63. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

64. Dopesick by Walter Dean Myers

65. ROBERT F. SIBERT INFORMATIONAL AWARD OR HONOR BOOKS

66. Day-Glo Brothers: the True Story of Bob & Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris Barton

67. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

68. SCOTT O’DELL AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS FOR CHILDREN OR YOUNG ADULTS

69. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

70. A Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

71. WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD – FOR A DEBUT YOUNG ADULT NOVEL BY UNPUBLISHED AUTHOR

72. A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

73. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

74. YALSA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS (AGE 12 – 18)

75. Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

76. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

77. THE END THANK YOU!