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The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction is an annual American children's book award that recognizes historical fiction.It was established in 1982 by Scott O'Dell, author of Island of the Blue Dolphins and 25 other children's books, in hopes of increasing young readers' interest in the history that shaped their nation and their world.
In 1980 under the new name The American Book Awards (TABA), the number of literary award categories jumped to 28, including two for Children's Books: hardcover and paperback. In the following three years there were three, five, and five Children's Book award categories—thus fifteen in four years—before the program was revamped with only ...
The Newbery was proposed by Frederic G. Melcher in 1921, making it the first children's book award in the world. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] : 1 The physical bronze medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan and is given to the winning author at the next ALA annual conference.
The National Book Foundation awards winners in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. This year, publishers submitted a total of 1,917 books.
The Cybils Awards, or Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards, are a set of annual book awards given by people who blog about children's and young adult books. [1] Co-founded by Kelly Herold and Anne Boles Levy in 2006, [ 2 ] the awards were created to address an apparent gap between children's book awards perceived as too elitist ...
Josette Frank Award, given by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education, formerly known as the "Children's Book Award" Newbery Medal, awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, of the American Library Association, was the first "children's book award" New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults ...
Winners are chosen by a panel of judges consisting of children’s book writers and illustrators. In addition to the Golden Kite Award winners, honor book recipients are named by the judges. Since 2006, each category's winner wins a $2,500 grant cash prize, as well as $1,000 to donate to their chosen non-profit organization. [1] Honor winners ...
The Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, established in 2014 and organized by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), is an annual American literary award for children's fiction books. According to NCTE, the "award recognizes fiction that has the potential to transform children’s lives by inviting compassion ...