Spring is in the air and with it, perhaps one is looking for other award winners to purchase and promote in your libraries. Information in this blog post focuses on international books to help advance efforts to engage students; perhaps especially those who are recent immigrants to the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
With more and more of our young people coming to our school and public libraries speaking languages other than English in the home, a global perspective in looking at award winning titles may be useful in serving your community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated YA Book Prize<\/a> (GLLI)<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n It is worth noting that this year, in addition to the Batcheldor Award<\/a> honorees, other award winning titles were translated books: <\/p>\n\n\n\n USBBY Outstanding International Books List <\/strong>(United States Board on Books for Young People) the US national section of the International Board on Books for Young People<\/a> (IBBY) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Cuatrogatos Foundation Award<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u2026And Finally Young Reader\u2019s Choice Award<\/a> (Pacific Northwest Library Association)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Favorites Award<\/a> (formerly Children\u2019s and Youth Choices) (International Literacy Association and the Children\u2019s Book Council)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Oh, one more thought, for more non-ALA awards, see this helpful list on the ALSC web site: https:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/childrens-book-awards-other-organizations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translated YA Book Prize. Awarded in the spring, this relatively new award (the first given in 2019), recognizes teen literature originally published outside of the United States. Incidentally, GLLI has an excellent resource for buying books in Chinese<\/a> if that is a need for your community. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Although not an ALA organization, there is ALA representation on the USBBY board (if you\u2019re interested, keep your eyes open for the call for candidates!). The awards list<\/a> is published in January or February of each year, as of the writing of this post, the 2024 list had not yet been posted on the USBBY award site. IBBY publishes a biannual list of books for youth depicting characters with varying abilities. The books are in multiple languages and formats, including Braille, dyslexia-friendly fonts, and tactile illustrations, plus other formats. The most current list<\/a> is released in the spring in odd numbered years. Additionally, USBBY and IBBY in collaboration with the Toronto Public Library create a catalog recognizing outstanding titles<\/a> featuring children\/youth with diverse abilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
The Cuatrogatos Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in Miami, Florida by writers to encourage Spanish language books for children and youth. All titles are in Spanish. Awards are announced in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Although not necessarily international in intention, there are only two awards (at least that I am aware of) that are given by children and youth themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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