LibGuides: Early Childhood Education: Children's Books

CFCC Guides to Best Books for Children

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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
Call Number: Wilm Reference Books PN 3437 .A35 2009

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North Carolina Children's Book Award

The North Carolina Children’s Book Award program is a children’s choice program sponsored by school and public librarians in North Carolina.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library provides a link to vote on currently nominated titles as well as lists of past winners.

North Carolina Children's Book Award

Children's Book Awards

Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth
List of outstanding books that mix popular appeal with literary excellence, including fiction, nonfiction, and picture books.
Divided into "Young," "Middle Readers," and "Older Readers."
Boston Globe Horn Book Awards
Categories include: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Titles must be published in the United States but may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country.
Caldecott Medal
Awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
Honors an author or illustrator whose books have made--over a period of years--a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Outstanding children's book, originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, translated into English and published in the United States.
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award
Recognizes excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children.
Newbery Medal
Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Notable Children's Books
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best of children's books on the Notable Children's Books list.
Schneider Family Book Award
Honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.
Sibert Informational Book Medal
Most distinguished children’s informational book published in the preceding year for its significant contribution.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award.
Given to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as "beginning reader books."