Children's Literature

Awards

The University Library's Educational Materials Center (EMC) has all Caldecott and Newbery Award winning books in the Juvenile or the Young Adult Collection, and many of the honor books. Search the Stout Library Catalog for "book award" and limit results to the EMC to identify the titles. If you are off-campus, and need to have a book sent to you, fill out the form here.

Print resources available in the University Library:

Children's Books: Awards & Prizes REF PN1009.A1 Z94x
Children's Books in Print REF PN1009.A1 Z993x
Coretta Scott King Awards Book Main PS153.N5 799x
Newbery and Caldecott Awards REF PN1009.A1 N582x

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."
Coretta Scott King Award
This award is intended "to encourage the artistic expression of the African American experience via litererature and the graphic arts, including biogaphical, historical, and social history treatments by African American authors and illustrators."
John Newberry 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."
Notable Social Studies Books for Young People
"Books selected for this bibliography are written primarily for children in grades K-8. The selection committee looks for books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences, present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional topic, are easily readable and of high literary quality, and have a pleasing format and, when appropriate, illustrations that enrich the text."
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
The best children and young adult books about science, as chosen by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA).
U.S. Awards for Children's and YA Literature
Book and Media Awards (American Library Association)

Book Reviews

Book reviews, useful for evaluating specific children's books, can be located by using specialized children's book review indexes or general book review indexes.

Print resources available in the University Library.

The Cumulative Book Review Digest REF PN98.B7 Z923x
Children's Literature Review REF PN1009.A1 C5139 and online

Many journals specializing in children's and young adult literature also include reviews, and are available online.

Book Reviews on the Web:

Amazon.com
Includes book reviews and ratings from publishers and the general public.
Booklist
More than 130,000 book reviews from the Review Journal of the American Library Association.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
One of the leading book review sources in children's and young adult literature, from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne.

Books at the Library

The Coretta Scott King Awards
The Newbery and Caldecott Awards
Call Number: Z1035.A2 N48 Reference Collection, 1st Floor (Noncirculating)

Children's Literature: AWARDS / BOOK REVIEWS

Children's Literature

Awards

Book Reviews

Books at the Library