The following literacy resources
have been identified:
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United States
of America (and Beyond)
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National (International)
Literature Award Programs
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Notable Books for a Global Society
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Sponsored by IRA Children's Literature
and Reading SIG (IRA CL/R SIG)
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Los Angeles' 100 Best Books |
Sponsored by a partnership of the Los Angeles Unified
Children's Library Services and the IRA CL/R SIG |
http://www.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit/proj/best100/intro100.html |
Children's Book Award |
Sponsored by the International Reading Association (IRA) |
http://www.reading.org/awards/children.html |
Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award |
Sponsored by IRA |
http://www.reading.org/awards/Lee.html |
Paul A. Witty Short Story Award |
Sponsored by IRA |
http://www.reading.org/awards/witty.html |
Arbuthnot Award |
Sponsored by IRA |
http://www.reading.org/awards/arbuthno.html |
Children's Choices
Teachers' Choices
Young Adults' Choices
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Sponsored by the International Reading
Association (IRA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC)
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John Newbery Medal |
Sponsored by the Association of Library Service to Children
(ALSC) , a division of the American Library Association (ALA) |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm |
Randolph Caldecott Medal |
Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm |
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal |
Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm |
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
in Children's Video |
Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/carnegiemedal/carnegiemedal.htm |
Mildred L. Batchelder Award |
Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/batchelderaward/batchelderaward.htm |
Pura Belpré Award |
Co-sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA and the National
Association to Promote Library and information Services to Latinos
and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA Affiliate |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm |
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal |
Sponsored by Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc., and adminstrated
by ALSC, a division of ALA |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm |
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award |
Sponsored by ALA and ALSC |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/arbuthnothonor/arbuthnothonor.htm |
Children's Notable Lists |
Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/Default1888.htm |
Notable Books in Language Arts |
Sponsored by Children's Literature Assembly |
http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/notablelist3.htm |
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for
Young People |
Sponsored by the National Council for the Social Studies
(NCSS) |
http://www.ncss.org/resources/notable/ |
The Phoenix Award |
Sponsored by the Children's Literature Association |
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/Phoenix.html |
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National Events
Related to Children's / Young Adult Literature
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Children's Literature and Reading
SIG Program (May)
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Held annually at the International Reading Association
Convention
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National Book Festival
(October) |
Sponsored by the Library of Congress with corporate
partners, hosted by Laura Bush |
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/welcome/index.html |
Children's Book Week (November)
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Sponsored by CBC
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Young People's Poetry Week (Third
weed in April)
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Sponsored by CBC, American Academy of Poets, and
Center for the Book (Library of Congress)
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http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/poetry_week.html |
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International Reading Association (IRA) |
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http://www.reading.org/ |
IRA Children's Literature and Reading
Special Interest Group (IRA CL/R SIG) |
IRA Special Interest Group |
http://www.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit/ |
IRA Network on Adolescent Literature
Special Interest Group |
IRA Special Interest Group |
http://www.reading.org/dir/sig/ |
IRA Bibliotherapy and Reading Special
Interest Group |
IRA Special Interest Group |
http://www.reading.org/dir/sig/ |
National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE) |
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http://www.ncte.org/ |
Children's Literature Assembly |
Affiliated with NCTE |
http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/index.htm |
Society of Children's Book Writers &
Illustrataors |
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http://scbwi.org/ |
Writers Register |
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http://www.writersregister.com/ |
American Library Association (ALA) |
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http://www.ala.org/ |
Children's Book Council (CBC) |
A non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging
literacy and the use and enjoyment of childrens books; official
sponsor of Young Peoples Poetry Week and Childrens Book
Week each year |
http://www.cbcbooks.org/ |
Pen Center USA |
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http://www.penusa.org/about.html |
American Academy of Poets |
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http://www.poets.org/ |
Center for the Book - Library of Congress |
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http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/ |
National Center for Family Literacy |
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http://www.famlit.org/ |
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
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Nation's largest nonprofit children's literacy organization |
http://www.rif.org/ |
National Reading Panel
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Charged to assess the effectiveness of different approaches
used to teach children to read |
http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org |
National Institute For Literacy
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http://novel.nifl.gov |
Association of Library Services To Children
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http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.htm
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Assembly On Literature For Adolescents
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http://www.alan-ya.org/ |
Childrens Literature Association
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http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/.index.html |
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