Award-Winners
Find out about the annual winners of the Newbery Medal, Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, and Pura Belpré Illustrator Award — as well as other children's book awards from the American Library Association and other literacy organizations. Many organizations end the year with a "best of" list of children's books. Here are links to the awards and lists that we like, including selections from the Children's Book Council, School Library Journal, Horn Book, Parent's Choice, The New York Times, and many more.
In this section:
2019 Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. One or more Honor books are recognized each year as well.

Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
2019 Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author of the most distinguished American picture book for children. One or more Honor books are recognized each year as well.

Hello Lighthouse
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
2019 Coretta Scott King Awards
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are awarded 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. One or more Honor books are recognized each year as well.
2019 Coretta Scott King Author Award

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
By Claire Hartfield
2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

The Stuff of Stars
Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
2019 Pura Belpré Awards
The Pura Belpré is awarded annually by the American Library Association honoring a Latino writer illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience. One or more Honor books are recognized each year as well.
2019 Pura Belpré Author Award

The Poet X
By Elizabeth Acevedo
2019 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award

Dreamers
Illustrated by Yuji Morales
More awards from the American Library Association
Awards from American Library Association Affiliates
Other notable awards
- American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
- Bank Street College of Education's Irma Black Award
- Boston Globe's Horn Book Awards
- Charlotte Zolotow Awards
- Children’s Africana Book Awards
- Children's Literature Association's Phoenix Award
- Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards Winners
- IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Awards
- National Book Award for Young People's Literature
- NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
- NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children
- NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
- We Need Diverse Books' Walter Dean Myers Award
International English-language children's book awards
- Book of the Year for Children Award from the Canadian Library Association
- Book of the Year Awards by the Children’s Book Council of Australia
- Children's Books Ireland (CBI) Book of the Year Awards
- CILIP Carnegie Medal
- CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
- Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
- New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
"Best of" lists
- 2016 Notable Children's Books, American Library Association
- Best Books of 2016, School Library Journal
- Best Children's Books of 2016, Amazon.com
- Best Children's Books of 2016, Brain Pickings
- Best Children's Books of the Year, 2016 Edition, Bank Street College of Education
- Best Children's Picture Books of 2016, Publishers Weekly
- Notable Children's Books of 2016, The New York Times
Other book lists
- Recommended Books by Theme, Reading Rockets
- 100 Great Children's Books, New York Public Library
- Hot Off the Press, Children's Book Council
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, National Council for the Social Studies
- Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Capitol Choices
- Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, National Science Teachers Association
- Parents' Choice Award Winners, Parents' Choice Foundation