Every year books are awarded prizes for excellence. Here are some of the more famous awards and the winning books: |
 The Randolph Caldecott Medal - The American Library Association presents this award to the artist of the "most distinguished American picture book for children" of the past year. (Randolph Caldecott was an illustrator who lived in England in the 1800s.) Here are some recent winners: 2012 - A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka 2011 - A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Stead; illustrated by Erin Stead 2010 - The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 2009 - The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson; illustrated by Beth Krommes 2008 - The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 2007 - Flotsam by David Wiesner 2006 - Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster; illustrated by Chris Raschka 2004 - The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein 2003 - My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann 2002 - The Three Little Pigs by David Wiesner 2001 - So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George; illustrated by David Small 2000 - Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback 1999 - Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs; illustrated by Mary Azarian 1998 - Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky |
 The John Newbery Medal - This award is given annually by the American Library Association to the author of "the most distinguished American Children's book published in the previous year." (John Newbery was an English bookseller who lived in the 1700s.) These are recent winners: 2012 - Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos 2011 - Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool 2010 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 2009 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; illustrated by Dave McKean 2008 - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz 2006 - Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins 2005 - kira-kira by Cynthia Kadohata 2003 - Crispin Cross of Iron by Avi 2002 - A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 2001 - A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck 2000 - Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999 - Holes by Louis Sachar 1998 - Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse |
 The Knickerbocker Award began in 1991. It is awarded by the New York Library Association (NYLA) and is given for an author from New York State who has written a variety of books that have "a consistently superior quality." Have you read any books by any of these winners? 2012 - Emily Arnold McCully 2011 - Linda Sue Park 2010 - Laurie Halse Anderson 2009 - David Adler 2008 - Richard Peck 2007 - Jerry Pinkney 2006 - Leo and Diane Dillon 2004 - Jennifer Armstrong 2002 - Bernard Waber 2001 - Harry Mazer/Norma Fox Mazer 2000 - Mary Jane Auch 1999 - M. E. Kerr 1998 - Cynthia DeFelice
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