Award Winning Picture Books
- 2012 Best Picture Books [1]
- 2011 Best Picture Books [2]
- 2010 Best Picture Books [3]
- 2009 Best Picture Books [4]
Other Awards
Below we have provided a list to several of the awards that are given out each year.
ALSC Notables List[5]Each year the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, identifies the best of the best in children's books. |
Coretta Scott King Award[7]The Coretta Scott King Book Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Committee of the American Library Association's Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT). The award is given to an African American author and an African American illustrator of children's and young adult literature for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. |
Michael L. Printz Award[9]The Printz Award is given by the American Library Association to the author of a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. |
Nebula Awards[11]The Nebula Awards are administered, voted and presented by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing. |
New York Times Bestsellers[13]The New York Times Best Seller List is a weekly chart that tracks the week's best-selling books in the United States. Unlike some subsequent lists of best sellers, The New York Times list is not based upon total sales figures, but instead upon surveys of a selected sample of retail booksellers. |
Oprah's Book Club 2.0[15]Oprah's Book Club highlights books chosen by Oprah Winfrey. |
Pura Belpré Award winners[17]The Belpré Award medal is given by the American Library Association and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA) to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. |
PW Bestsellers[19]Publishers Weekly's list of bestsellers by category. |
Randolph Caldecott Medal[21]The Caldecott Medal is given by the American Library Association to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. |
RITA Awards[23]Romance Writers of America's RITA is the highest award of excellence in the genre of romance fiction. |