Guide to the Curriculum Collection

Awarded to a United States publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States during the preceding year.

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

Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies to the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States.

Given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year

The Giverny Award is an annual children's science picture book award. The book must teach its young reader at least one important scientific principle well, or encourage the reader toward specific science-related attitudes, pursuits, or inquiries.

Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

The Orbis Award was established in 1989 to promote and recognize excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children.

An award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Presented annually 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.

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.

Awarded annually to the writer and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year.

NCSS established the Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States.

Honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults