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Book
Type
- Picture Book
The ALA distingushes picture books from other books with
illustrations as "one that essentially provides the child with
a visual experience. A picture book has a collective
unity of story-line, theme, or concept, developed through the series
of pictures of which the book is comprised."
- Fiction
Choosing this option will retrieve books classified in the system as
"fiction."
- Non-Fiction
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Awards
- Caldecott
Named in
honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott,
this medal is awarded
to the artist who has created the most distinguished American Picture
Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding
year.
- Newbery
The Newbery Medal
was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It
is awarded annually by the Association for Library
Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association,
to the author of the
most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
- Coretta
Scott King
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta
Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social
Responsibilities Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators
of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding
and appreciation of the "American Dream."
- Pura
Belpré
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented 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.
- ALSC
Notable
Each year ALSC identifies the best of the best in children's
books. As applied to children's books, notable
should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality,
books that exhibit
venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry
and pictures for all age levels (through age 14) that reflect and
encourage children's interests in exemplary ways.
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