Reader Response?
Literary & Visual Artistry?
Multicultural considerations?
Evaluation criteria for a particular genre?
Reader Response Literary Artistry
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Newbery & Caldecott Focus Questions
1. Who is eligible to win a Newbery?
The award is presented to the author of the most distinguished
contribution in American Literature for children published in the US
the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of
the US.
2. Who is eligible to win a Caldecott?
The award is presented to the illustrator of the most distinguished
American picture book for children published in the US
the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of
the US.
3, What are the Honor books?
Honor books are the runners up. There is no set number- one year
there may be only one- another there may be more.
Newbery & Caldecott Focus Questions
5. What about the portrayal of diversity and diverse perspectives?
African American characters hardly ever appear in Caldecott books.
The Newbury books have been criticized for inaccurate and distorted
portrayals of African Americans. (Except Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear
My Cry) Portrayal of girls and women are becoming less stereotypical
in recent years.
6. What about children's response to the Newbury and Caldecott
books?
Some winners have been become beloved favorites especially for the
Caldecott; Less so for Newbury winners- some of which may have very
little appeal to children.
7. Why aren’t books published in the UK considered?
They have their own comparable awards
Newbury=Carnegie Award
Caldecott= Kate Greenaway Award
•It depends on what you are looking for?
•Read these books and make up your own mind?
•Note if the books reflect biases and stereotypes.
•Note how students respond to them?
•Worthwhile children’s books go beyond the
recipients of these honors.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/ne
wberymedal/newberymedal
For a list of past winners from 2005-1922
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newbery
medal/newberyhonors/newberymedal
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal
/caldecottmedal
For a list of past winners from 2005-1938
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literarya
wds/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal.htm
Coretta Scott King Author Award
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookawards/winnersa/
cskawardwinners.htm
http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards/recipients
Sid Fleischman Humor Award
An recent award (2003) for exemplary
writing for children in the genre of humor
presented by the Society of Children’s Book
Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI).
2003 Award
Millicent Min, Girl Genius
Lisa Yee
Arthur A. Levine Books
More information about this award can be
found at
http://www.scbwi.org/awards/fleischman.htm
And learn more about Sid Fleischman and Lisa
Yee at http://www.lisayee.com/Sid.html
The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Winners and Honor Books are announced each
fall at the New England Library Association
conference. One of the things that makes
this list different from the Newbery and
Caldecott lists is that books published in the
U.S. but written by non-Americans are
eligible. Since 1976, it has also included an
award for nonfiction.
MORE INFO AND
http://www.hbook.com/bghb2004.shtml
PAST WINNERS AT:
Pura Belpré
The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian
at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award,
established in 1996, is 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. It is co-sponsored by the
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division
of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA,
the National Association to Promote Library and Information
Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgran
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgran
ts/bookmedia/belpremedal
ts/bookmedia/belpremedal/belprepa
2012 Award
st
Past winners
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Outstanding Translated Work for Children
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgran
ts/bookmedia/batchelderaward
2012 Winner
For a list of past winners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderawa
rd/batchelderpast
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Presented once every three years to an
author or illustrator for a body of work since
1954.
2003: Eric Carle
2001: Milton Meltzer
1998: Russell Freedman
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/w
ildermedal 2011 winner
For a list of past winners from 2003 link to
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wilderm
edal/wilderpast/wildermedalpast.htm
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book
Award, established by the Association for
Library Service to Children in 2001, is
awarded annually to the author of the most
distinguished informational book published in
English during the preceding year.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgran
ts/bookmedia/sibertmedal
2012 Winners
For a list of past winners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertp
ast/sibertmedalpast
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding
Nonfiction for Children
Presented by the National Council of
Teachers of English.
Honor Books
At the NCTE site
http://www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus/11547
5.htm
you can read an informative article about this years
award winners
Jane Addams Book Award
Presented to the book that most effectively promotes
the cause of peace, social justice and world community.
Announced each year on September 6, Jane Addams'
birthdate.
More information about origins of this
award can be found at
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/sen
setiveracism/a/janeaddams.htm
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
ALA YALSA
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/
quickpicks#current
Best Fiction for Young Adults
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/bfya
Great Graphic Novels for Teens
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/ggnt
Pura Belpre Belpré Award
First awarded in 1996. Honors Latino writers
and illustrators whose work best exemplify
authentic cultural experiences in children's
works of literature. The award is named after
Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian from
the New York Public Library. The awards are
given biennially.
2006 Award (Narrative)
Belpré Honor Books (Narrative)
Belpré Medal (Illustrator)
Belpré Honor Books (Illustrator)
The Indianapolis Marian County Public Liabrary will
give you an annotated list of award books at
http://infozone.imcpl.org/kids_path_belpre.htm
The Golden Kite Award
Presented yearly to members of the Society
Of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators,
an international organization, by their peers
(SCBWI) for children’s fiction, nonfiction,
picture book text, and picture book
illustration for books published the previous
year.
The winners for books published in 2006 are *
written by Angela Johnson.
Sid Fleischman Humor Award
For a list of past winners from 2002 link to
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768712.html
Notable Books for a Global Society
Yearly award list of culturally conscious books K-12 sponsored by
the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of
the International Reading Association and published in the fall
issue of The Dragon Lode. You can access the archived list of K12 award books at the following site:
http://www.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit/proj/nbgs/intro-nbgs.html
EACH FALL THE LIST IS PUBLISHED IN
THE DRAGON LODE: JOURNAL OF
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AND READING
SIG OF IRA
ARTICLE INCLUDES REVIEW, TEACHING
IDEAS AND COMPANION BOOKS.