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Recommended Reading
The Newbery Medal is awarded to the most
distinguished children's books that are written by American
authors. Click
here to see a list of the most recent
Newbery Medal and Honor books.
The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the most
distinguished children's picture books that are illustrated by
American illustrators. Click
here to see a list of the most recent
Caldecott Medal and Honor books.
The Boston Globe - Horn Book award
annually honors authors and illustrators of outstanding children's
and young adult books in these three categories: Fiction and
Poetry, Nonfiction, and Picture Book. Click
here to see a list of the most recent
Boston Globe-Horn Book award winners .
The Great Stone Face Book Award is given annually to an author whose book
receives the most votes from fourth through sixth grade children
throughout our state. The purpose of the program is to promote
reading enjoyment among New Hampshire's fourth through sixth
graders, to increase awareness of contemporary writing, and to
allow children a chance to honor a favorite
author.
Click here to see this year's Great
Stone Face nominees.
The Mildred Batchedler Award is granted to an
American publisher of an English-language translation of a
children's book originally published in a foreign language in a
foreign country. Click
here to see a list of these award
winning books.
The Pura Belpré Award, established in
1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose
work best portrays the Latino cultural experience in an
outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Click
here to see a list of these award
winners
The Coretta Scott King award is granted to
African-American authors and illustrators who promote understanding and
appreciation of culture and contributions of all people.
Click
here to see a list of these award
winning texts
The Robert F. Sibert medal is granted by the
American Library association to the author of the most
distinguished informational book published during the preceding
year.
Click here to see a list of these
texts
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature site has
reviews of popular children's books. Click
here to see a list of these
reviews.
