"The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is the world's largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children. ALSC’s award and media evaluation (“Notables”) programs were established to recognize exemplary media for children and to support library workers, educators, parents, and caregivers in their search for the best books and media for children
ALSC’s award and media evaluation committees annually review, discuss, and evaluate the year’s published materials intended for children, using established terms and criteria, to find the most distinguished titles produced in that year.
Adult books for young adult readers (author)
Picture, middle school, young adult books
Extensive annual lists of best books for children, teens, young adults, reluctant readers
Translations into English (author)
Picture books for children (illustrator)
Video productions
Lasting contribution to children's literature (author)
African American experience
Young adult (author)
Beginning readers
African American experience
American children's literature (author)
Audiobooks
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), outstanding nonfiction for children
Young adult (author)
Latino/a cultural experience
Books about disabilities
Informational books
The Horn Book Magazine and The Horn Book Guide are the most distinguished journals in the field of children’s and young adult literature. They also produce The Horn Book Guide Online, a fully searchable database of more than 80,000 reviews, and Notes from the Horn Book, a monthly e-newsletter for parents.
Provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books.
Dedicated to creative programming and best practices to continuing education and professional connections.
Learn more about EL Dia de los Ninos/El Dia de los Libros--Children's Day/Book Day.
The recommended books provide are a good selection on the topic of disabilities.
Book lists, teaching guides, and author interviews also includes information about writing and publishing children's books.
Serving children in juvenile detention centers, emergency shelters, after-school care and summer day camp programs in inner-city or poverty-pocket communities.
Features videos of actors reading picture books with additional links providing related activities and resources for each book's theme.
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books. Check with your local public library or public school to see if they are eligible for online access.
The Young Adult Library Services Association offers suggestions for coping with censorship challenges, resources for policy development, and strategies for collection development.
