NLS Kids Zone
Childrens Award Books
- Newbery Medal
- The John Newbery Medal, awarded annually for the most distinguished contribution
to literature for children, takes its name from the eighteenth-century British bookseller
who first conceived of publishing books for children. First presented in 1922
to Hendrick Willem Van Loon for The Story of Mankind, the medal
is awarded each year to an author whose work was published during the preceding
year and who is a United States citizen. To the Newbery Award
list
- Corretta Scott King Award and John Steptoe Award for New Talent
- Presented annually by the Coretta Scott King
Committee of the American Library Association's Ethnic Multicultural Information
Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), the award's purpose is to encourage the
artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and
the graphic arts, including biographical, historical and social history
treatments by African American authors and illustrators. It is given to
an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly
inspirational and educational contribution. To the King and Steptoe
Award List
- Schneider Family Award
- The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book
that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for
child and adolescent audiences. Three annual awards each consisting of
$5000 and a framed plaque, are given annually in each of the following
categories: birth through grade school (age 0–10), middle school (age 11–13)
and teens (age 13–18). To the Schneider Family Awards list