“The masses have spoken (apparently the masses are small in number, but that’s okay) and you have all put in your two cents. So, here it is, the list of awards we’ll explore over the next twelve months by month. This is going to be exciting! I promise to try not to bore you to death over details and will do my best to make it something you’ll remember the next time you’re deciding on your next great book.”
“Without further ado, THE LIST:
- Newbery Medal
- Cybils Awards
- The Schneider Family Book Awards
- Odyssey Award
- Golden Kite Award for Illustrators
- Sid Fleischman Award
- IRA Children’s and Young Adult Book Awards
- National Book Foundation Young People’s Literature Award
- The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
- Caldecott Medal
- Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
- The William C. Morris YA Debut Award
Here are some of the award labels/seals you’ll see over the next twelve months:
If you are interested in reading along as we go on this journey our first book to be reviewed will be Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary which received a Newbery Honor in 1978.
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A great list – I’ll look forward to reading your posts. One thing you might consider for future years (!) is a round up of awards from other countries – I find such awards a great way to find books that really are new to me, as often it can be the same contenders for each award.
Thanks for the suggestion Zoe! I plan on keeping this feature going and that’s definitely something to consider, as I do have readers from outside the US. If there are any you could suggest, I’d love to hear about them! Thanks again!