Juvenile Literature: Find Book Awards

The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, annually awards the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Honors the best children’s historical literature in the United States and encourages authors to continue to create engaging and challenging narratives that provide a window into the past for middle readers and their families.

American Library Association (ALA) annually awards 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.

Celebrating the best in fiction and nonfiction graphic novels. Multiple awards given across several age categories.

YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year.

The Mathical Book Prize is an annual award for fiction and nonfiction books that inspire children of all ages to see math in the world around them.

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, annually awards the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

The award, given to a book originally published in the English language, is intended to recognize books of high literary merit, which never won award at the time publication, and which is still worthy of recognition.

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) annually awards The Michael L. Printz Award to honor the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit.

The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Feminist books for ages 0-18 from the ALA's Feminist Task Force Roundtable.

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year.

Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award is given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.

The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.

This award acknowledges outstanding juvenile books translated into English and re-published in the United States from the original works created in other countries around the world.

Presented by We Need Diverse Books, The Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature recognize diverse authors whose works feature diverse main characters and address diversity in a meaningful way.