Award-winning Books for Children

List of current nominees:

Rebecca Caudill Reading List 2013
Bluestem Award Reading List 2013
Monarch Award Reading List 2013

Lists of current and recent award-winners:

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Winners
An award for outstanding literature for children in grades 4–8.
Illinois children vote on the winner from a master list of 20 nominees.


Monarch Award Winners
Illinois' K-3 Children's Choice Award.


Newbery Medal Winners
Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.


Caldecott Medal Winners
Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.


Bluestem Award Winners
The award is designed for students in grades 3-5 who are ready for longer titles than found on the Monarch list, but not quite ready for the sophistication of some of the Rebecca Caudill titles.


Coretta Scott King Author Award Winners
"Given to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. The books promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream."


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


Michael L. Printz Award Winners
Awarded to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.


Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Winners
"Among the most prestigious honors in the field of children's and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction."


E.B. White Read Aloud Award Winners
Honors a book that reflects the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of author E.B. White in his classic books for children.


Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners
Recognizes and encourages authors and illustrators new to the field of children's books.


The Giverny Award Winners
Given to the author and illustrator of the book selected as the best children's science picture book for grades 4 - 8.


Golden Kite Award Winners
The only children's literary award judged by a jury of peers in the area of non-fiction, fiction, picture book text, and picture book illustration.


Indie Next Kids Ages 4-8
Developed with the input of indie booksellers nationwide, a selection of notable titles.


Indie Next Kids Ages 9-12
Developed with the input of indie booksellers nationwide, a selection of notable titles.


Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winners
Awarded to an American publisher for a children's book that was orignally published in a foreign language and subsequently translated into English.


Orbis Pictus Award Winners
Established to promote and recognize excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children.


Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Winners
Awarded to the author of the most distinguished informational book.


Scott O'Dell Award Winners
The award goes to a meritorious historical fiction book for children or young adults.


Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winners
Given to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers.