The 2010 John Newbery Book Award Committee is asking the ALSC membership to submit titles for consideration. The Newbery Award is presented annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published by an American publisher in the United States in English during the preceding year. Honor Books may be [...]

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published by an American publisher in the United States in English during the preceding year. There are no limitations as to the character of the picture book except that the illustrations must be original work. The award [...]

The 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Committee invites ALSC members to suggest authors or illustrators for consideration for the 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award.
The Wilder Medal is given every two years to an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
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The 2010 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Committee invites your input in helping us identify eligible titles. The Award will be announced at the ALA Youth Media Awards press conference at Midwinter (Boston) and presented at the Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
Terms: “The Mildred L. Batchelder Award shall be made to an American publisher for [...]

The 2010 Odyssey Award Committee is asking you to submit your favorite audiobooks published between November 1, 2008 and October 31, 2009 for consideration. The Odyssey Award, in its third year, is given to the producer of the best audiobook for children and/or young adults available in English in the United States. Along with [...]

Margarita Engle is the author of the 2006 Pura Belpré Medal Winner, The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, and The Surrender Tree, which received the 2009 Pura Belpré Medal as well as a 2009 Newbery Honor.
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers is a division of MacMillan which provides a wonderful [...]

The 2010 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Committee is asking the ALSC membership to submit titles for consideration. The Sibert Award is presented annually to the author, author/illustrator, co-authors, or author and illustrator of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year. Honor Books may be named.
Informational books are defined as those [...]

The 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Committee invites ALSC members to suggest authors or illustrators for consideration for the 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award.
The Wilder Award is given every two years to an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
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Greetings! I’m Anne Heidemann, Children’s, Tween, and Teen Services Department Head for the Canton Public Library in Canton, Michigan.
I was delighted to be able to attend this year’s awards banquet celebrating the 2009 Caldecott, Newbery, and Wilder awards. It is always an exciting evening and the glamour and pomp in the air is palpable. After [...]

The 2010 Notable Children’s Recordings Committee has selected 38 recordings to discuss at ALA in Chicago. To see a full list of these titles, please visit
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/childrensnotable/index.cfm Scroll down to the 2009 Conference Discussion Lists and click on the discussion list link, which will open up into an excel file.
Anyone who is registered to attend [...]