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Surf to the web sites below to find current lists of award winning books. Most of the books on these lists are available from the library. Once you find a title you like, use the NIS Library Catalog to find the corresponding call number.
Prize winning books
- Caldecott Medal Website
- The American Library Association's official website for the Caldecott Medal. Contains a listing of all Caldecott winners and honorees. This medal 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 Book Awards
- Children's Literature Web Guide's comprehensive list to children's book awards on the internet. This site gives information about International as well as American Children's Literature Awards.
- Coretta Scott King Award Website
- The American Library Association's cumulative listing of all winners of the Coretta Scott King award. Presented annually to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution published during the previous year.
- Edgar Awards Page
- Winners of the Edgar Allen Poe award for the best mystery and juvenile fiction.
- Golden Kite Award
- Award for excellence in the field of children's books presented by the Society of Children's book writers and illustrators.
- Kate Greenaway and Carnegie Medals Page
- Cumulative listing of all winners of the Kate Greenaway and Carnegie Medals. Given by the Library Association in England, the Greenaway Medal is awarded annually for the most distinguished work in the illustration of children's books published in the United Kingdom. The Carnegie medal also awarded by the Library Association of England, is awarded annually "for an outstanding book for children."
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal Website
- The American Library Association's cumulative listing of all Laura Ingalls Wilder winners. This medal is awarded annual by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
- Newbery Medal Home Page
- The American Library Association's official website for the Newbery Medal. Contains a cumulative listing of all Newbery winners and honorees. The award is given 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.
- Printz Medal Website
- The American Library Association's official website for the new Printz Medal. This is the first year this medal has been awarded. The award will be given annually to the book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
- Young Reader's Choice Award
- The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Children's Literature award website. Chosen by the children and young adults of Alberta, Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, from books published three years previously, and nominated by librarians, teachers, students and others.
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