BETH BRENDLE ALVEY SHRADER JENNI SALAMON Book Awards

. Librarians use awards for acquisition decisions

Readers Advisory Service  Looking at book award winners and nominees is a great way to find books that meet the interests of a particular user.  A librarian can look at these lists to find popular and well-written books in different genres.  RA is particularly influenced by public demand, which, in turn, is affected by decisions made by the organizations who present book awards.

Librarians make displays of award-winning books to create interest in reading. ALA sells posters, bookmarks, and seals promoting various awards.

Book Awards Librarians use book awards to pick books for story hour, book clubs and book talks.

Library Websites  Another place book awards have come to influence libraries is on their websites. Librarians blog about different titles and announce award winners to their users.  Some libraries even have websites devoted to award winners, making their users aware that these books are available at their local library.  See: Westfield Athenaeum Library

PRESENTED BY BETH BRENDLE Children’s Book Awards

The John Newbery Medal recognizes the best American children's book published the previous year

The John Newbery Medal  John Newbery was an 18 th century English bookseller who promoted children’s books and raised their status in the literary world.  Appearing in 1922, this is the oldest children’s book award.  The medal is given annually by ALSC.

Newbery Medal Winners

Newbery Honor Medal

The Caldecott Award recognizes the ARTIST of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

 Randolph Caldecott was a 19th century English illustrator.  This award was first given in 1938 by ALA and is now given by ALSC. The Caldecott Award Awarding humor, vitality, and sense of movement "The Diverting Story of John Gilpin"

Caldecott Award Winners

The Caldecott HONOR Award

The Charlotte Zolotow Award  Honors a U. S. children’s picture book that has exemplary text and is written for children birth to age 7  Awarded annually by The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), a library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin Madison  Named for Charlotte Zolotow, a children’s book editor for Harper Junior Books, the author of 70+ children’s books, and an alum of UW Madison  First awarded in 1998

The Charlotte Zolotow Award

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award  Honors the author or illustrator of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers  Stresses creativity and imagination  Named for Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss  First awarded by ALA in 2006

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

The Pura Belpré Award Recognizes a Latino/ Latina writer or illustrator “whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. “

The Pura Belpré Award  Pura Belpre was the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library.  Children's librarian, author, and storyteller  Enriched the lives of Puerto Rican children in the US  Promoted Puerto Rican folklore

The Pura Belpré Award

This award recognizes book and graphic arts created by an African American author or illustrator and that focus on the African American experience. It is not just for children’s books.

 Its mission is to promote “understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.”  First awarded to Lillie Patterson in May 1970 for her biography Martin Luther King, Jr. Man of Peace  First affiliated with ALA in 1982 Coretta Scott King was the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children  Awarded annually for a nonfiction book that is exciting, accurate, well- designed, timely, and useful for k – 8 classroom teachers  One winner and several honor and recommended books  Named for the book Orbis Pictus (The World in Pictures) by Johannes Amos Comenius in 1657 and considered to be the first book planned for children Awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Orbis Pictus Award

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award  Honors “an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children”  Named for Laura Ingalls Wilder, a Missouri elementary teacher and author of the famous Little House books  Given by ALSC, a division of ALA, every two years  First awarded in 1954 to Mrs. Wilder From ALA.org

Wilder Award 2007: James Marshall 2005: Laurence Yep 2003: Eric Carle 2001: Milton Meltzer 1998: Russell Freedman 1995: Virginia Hamilton 1992: Marcia Brown 1989: Elizabeth George Speare 1986: Jean Fritz 1983: Maurice Sendak 1980: Theodor S. Geisel (Dr. Seuss) 1975: Beverly Cleary 1970: E. B. White 1965: Ruth Sawyer 1960: Clara Ingram Judson 1954: Laura Ingalls Wilder From ALA.org

Hans Christian Andersen  Sponsored by IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People, a global group based in Switzerland  the highest international recognition : given to an author and an illustrator of children's books whose works have contribution to children's literature  Anderson was a Danish writer best known for popularizing fairy tales  awarded every two years

Hans Christian Andersen Awards 1972 Scott O'Dell (USA) 1974 Maria Gripe (Sweden) 1976 Cecil Bødker (Denmark) 1978 Paula Fox (USA) 1980 Bohumil Riha (Czechoslovakia) 1982 Lygia Bojunga Nunes (Brazil) 1984 Christine Nöstlinger (Austria) 1986 Patricia Wrightson (Australia) 1988 Annie M..Schmidt (Netherlands) 1990 Tormod Haugen (Norway) 1992 Virginia Hamilton (USA) 1994 Michio Mado (Japan) 1996 Uri Orlev (Israel) 1998 Katherine Paterson (USA) 2000 Ana Maria Machado (Brazil) 2002 Aidan Chambers (UK) 2004 Martin Waddell (Ireland) 2006 Margaret Mahy (New Zealand) 2008 Jürg Schubiger (Switzerland) 1956 Eleanor Farjeon (UK) 1958 Astrid Lindgren (Sweden) 1960 Erich Kästner (Germany) 1962 Meindert DeJong (USA) 1964 René Guillot (France) 1966 Tove Jansson (Finland) 1968 James Krüss (Germany) José Maria Sanchez-Silva (Spain) 1970 Gianni Rodari (Italy)

PRESENTED BY ALVEY SHRADER Young Adult Book Awards

Michael L. Printz Award Michael L. Printz was a school librarian at Topeka West High School in Kansas. Awarded to books written for Young Adults Awarded to books that exemplify Literary Excellence. This award helps Young Adult Librarians to find well written books for teens.

Michael L. Printz Award

Alex Awards Named after Margret Alexander Edwards Sponsored by the Margret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklists Margret Alexander Edwards was librarian in Baltimore, Maryland who became an advocate for young adult readers and a young adult librarian at the Enoch Pratt Library. Given to 10 books that were written for adults but have appeal to young adults ages This award helps Young Adult Librarians select adult books that teens might like to read.

Alex Awards

Best Books for Young Adults The Best Books for Young Adults is a list of recommended books for young adults ages Each year, a fiction and a non-fiction list are published. A combined top ten list is presented with both fiction and non-fiction titles. Link to the 2009 nominations

Best Books for Young Adults 2008 Top Ten List

Best Books for Young Adults 2008 Top Ten List

National Book Award This award was originally created in 1950 as an award given to writers from writers. In 1987 the awards were reorganized into four categories.  Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature The Teen Press Conference selects books that will appeal to young adults.

National Book Award On Tuesday, November 18 th, 2008, 300 middle and high school students from New York City public and private school students attended the Teen Press Conference. Students prepared for the conference by reading one of five finalist books for teens. Students will listen to each of the five authors read from their work.

National Book Award 2008 Finalists at the Teen Press Conference And the Winner is???

Horn Book Award The Boston-Globe Horn Book Awards were first given in 1967, and honors three different areas for children and young adults.  Non-Fiction  Fiction and Poetry  Picture Books A Special Citation may also be awarded for its high quality and overall creative excellence.

Horn Book Award 2008 Boston-Globe Horn Book Awards Non-Fiction: The Wall by Peter Sís Fiction and Poetry: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney Picture Book: At Night by Jonathan Bean Special Citation: The Arrival by Shaun Tan

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten This is a “Teen Choice” List, where teens will choose their favorite books from the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted in April during National Library Week. Once the nominations are in, teens from around the country are able to vote during Teen Read Week.Teen Read Week

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten The 2008 Teens’ Top 10

YALSA's Teens' Top Ten The 2008 Teens’ Top 10

Great Graphic Novels for Teens The list presents graphic novels published in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for teens aged twelve to eighteen. It is a general list of graphic novels, both fiction and nonfiction, selected for proven or potential appeal to the personal reading tastes of teens. First awarded in 2007

Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2008 Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens Laika by Nick Abadzis Re-Gifters by Mike Carey The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming Blue Beetle: Shell-shocked by Keith Giffen King of Thorn, vol. 1 by Yuji Iwahara,

Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2008 Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens Sidescrollers by Matthew Loux After School Nightmare, vol. 1 by Setona Mizushiro Emma, vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Odyssey Award The best audio book produced for children and/or young adults available in English in the United States during that year. Started awarding audio books in Named after the story of the wanderings of Ulysses, as he returns to his kingdom of Ithaca after the Trojan War, are ascribed to the blind poet Homer who either wrote, or dictated, the epic poem called The Odyssey.

Odyssey Award 2008 Odyssey Awards

The William C. Morris YA Debut Award This award was created to honor a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. The William C. Morris YA Debut Award celebrates the achievement of a previously unpublished author, or authors, who have made a strong literary debut in writing for young adult readers. To be awarded in 2009

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults The award will honor the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a publishing year. This award will provide incentives to produce better quality nonfiction books. Will be awarded in 2010.

Margret A. Edwards Award Established in 1988 This award honors an author's lifetime achievement for writing books that have been popular with teenagers. Sponsored by YALSA and School Library Journal Magazine

Margret A. Edwards Award Nominations for the award may be submitted by young adult librarians and teenagers. The author must be living at the time of the nomination and must have been published in the U.S. no less than five years prior to nomination.

Margret A. Edwards Award 2008 Margret A. Edwards Award Winner Orson Scott Card

Margret A. Edwards Award Past Winners

PRESENTED BY JENNI SALAMON Adult Book Awards

Nobel Prize  Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist, inventor, and businessman.  When he died, he left some of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel Prize to honor outstanding achievement in several fields.  Winners of his prize are “those who have done their best for humanity” in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace.

2008 Winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

2007 Winner Doris Lessing

Pulitzer Prize  Joseph Pulitzer is a late 19 th century journalist.  The Pulitzer Prizes were established in his 1904 will as “an incentive to excellence” for works dealing with American life.  21 awards are given in journalism, in letters (literature) and drama.

2008 Winners

Hugo Award  Hugo Gernsback was a magazine editor helped bring science fiction to the masses.  The Hugos are awarded annually by the World Science Fiction Society in several categories.  The Hugos have been honoring excellent works of science fiction and fantasy since 1953.

The Hugo Award Trophy

2008 Winners

Mythopoeic Awards  This award honors a work of fantasy that “best exemplifies the spirit of the Inklings.”  This society also encourages scholarly works by presenting scholarship awards in Inklings and Myth and Fantasy Studies. C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams

2008 and 2007 Winners

Edgar Allan Poe Awards  Named for the great 19 th century American writer.  Awards are selected and presented by the Mystery Writers of America.  Honors excellence in the mystery genre in several categories, from novel to critical works to plays.  The Grand Master Award honors lifetime achievement.

2008 Winners

Shamus Awards  These are awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America to honor the best detective fiction works of the year.  They were created by writer Robert J. Randisi.  “Shamus” is slang for private investigator.

The Eye and Hammer Awards  The PWA also honors lifetime achievement with The Eye Award.  The Hammer Award honors a character.

2008 Winners

Bram Stoker Award  Named for author of Dracula.  This is awarded annually to honor literature in the horror genre that displays “superior achievement.”  The Horror Writers Association also uses this award as a way to publicize their organization.

The Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement

2007 Winners

RITA Awards  Sponsored by the Romance Writers of America and named for its first president, Rita Clay Estrada.  Winners represent the best of the year and are awarded a gold statuette.  The RWA also gives out the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award.

2008 Winners

Spur Awards  Awarded by the Western Writers of America since  Honor “distinguished writing about the American West” in several categories.

2008 Winners

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