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outstanding work of literature for children and youth that celebrates the Latino cultural experience" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/belpre" style="" >Belpr茅 award </a></li><li class=""><a title="Jewish Literature" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/brody" style="" >Brody Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="distinguished American picture book for children" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/caldecott-medal" style="" >Caldecott Medal </a></li><li class=""><a title="African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/csk-awards" style="" >Coretta Scott King Book Awards </a></li><li class=""><a title="distinguished American book for beginning readers" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/geisel" style="" >Geisel Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/morris" style="" >Morris Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="oldest given children's award in the US, most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/newbery-medal" style="" >Newbery Medal </a></li><li class=""><a title="literary excellence in young adult literature" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/printz" style="" >Printz Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="disability experience for child and adolescent audiences" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/schneider" style="" >Schneider Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="informational book published in the United States in English" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/sibert" style="" >Sibert Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="new African American author/illustrator of children's books" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/steptoe" style="" >Steptoe Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/stonewall" style="" >Stonewall Book Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="Excellence in Military Fiction" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/boyd" style="" >W.Y. Boyd Literary Award </a></li><li class=""><a title="best nonfiction book published for young adults" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/ya-nonfiction" style="" >Young Adult Nonfiction Award </a></li></ul></li><li class="active"><a title="" class="active" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/children" ><span>For Children</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/YA-teens" ><span>Young Adults/Teens</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/adults" ><span>Adults</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/leveled-reading" ><span>Leveled Reading</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/recommended-reading/professional-resources" ><span>Librarian/Professional Resources</span></a></li><li class=""><a title="" class="" href="https://libguides.ala.org/c.php?g=488238&p=3530814" ><span>Celebrating Diversity</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="s-lg-guide-tabs-title-bar" class="container s-lib-side-borders"></div>  <div id="s-lg-guide-main" class="container s-lib-main s-lib-side-borders" tabindex="-1"> <div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-126" class="col-md-12"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"></div></div></div><div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-1" class="col-md-9"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-12249350" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-12249350"><div id="s-lg-box-10391923-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-10391923" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Book Lists for Children</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-10391923" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-24047724" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21398236" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/booklists" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21398236',_st_inc_return: this});">ALSC Recommended books</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21398236" class="s-lg-link-desc">The Association for Library Service to Children promotes reading and books through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21296337" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/batchelderpast" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21296337',_st_inc_return: this});">Batchelder list of winners</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21296337" class="s-lg-link-desc">The Batchelder Award is given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21295805" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belprepast" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21295805',_st_inc_return: this});">Belpr茅 Medal Winners</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21295805" class="s-lg-link-desc">Established in 1996, this award 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.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21414864" class=""><span><a href="http://www.booklistreader.com/category/childrens-literature/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21414864',_st_inc_return: this});">Booklist Reader - Children's Literature</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21414864" class="s-lg-link-desc">A blog published by Booklist Publications, a part of the American Library Association, that reviews books and provides suggestions of programs for children and tweens.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21282490" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21282490',_st_inc_return: this});">Caldecott Medal Winners and Honors</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21282490" class="s-lg-link-desc">This award is given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picturebook for children.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21315574" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/emiert/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21315574',_st_inc_return: this});">Coretta Scott King Awards list</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21315574" class="s-lg-link-desc">A complete list of the Author, Illustrator, John Steptoe, and Virgina Hamilton winners (and honor books where appropriate). Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21311662" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward/geiselawardpastwinners" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21311662',_st_inc_return: this});">Geisel Award Winners</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21311662" class="s-lg-link-desc">The list of all winner and honor books from 2006 to present. 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.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21281335" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21281335',_st_inc_return: this});">Newbery Medal Winners & Honors list</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21281335" class="s-lg-link-desc">Complete list of winner and honor books from 1922 to present. This award is given 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.</div></div></li><li class="s-lg-tn-li clearfix"><div id="s-lg-content-21414738" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21414738',_st_inc_return: this});"><div id="s-lg-tn-21414738" class="s-lg-tn pad-right-sm"><img loading="lazy" src="http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/awardsgrants/notalists/pgraphic1-1448.jpg" class="pull-left margin-right-sm lg-tn" width="100" height="100" alt="" /></div>Notable Children's Books</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21414738" class="s-lg-link-desc">Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to the Notables Criteria, "notable" is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. 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 (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21313160" class=""><span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/sibertpast/sibertmedalpast" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21313160',_st_inc_return: this});">Sibert Medal winners</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21313160" class="s-lg-link-desc">The complete list of winner and honor books from 2001 to present. The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year. Information books are defined as those written and illustrated to present, organize, and interpret documentable, factual material for children.</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="s-lg-col-2" class="col-md-3"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-12264725" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-12264725"><div id="s-lg-box-10405166-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-10405166" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Additional resources for Children's Book lists</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-10405166" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-24079573" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-21444881" class=""><span><a href="http://www.dawcl.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '21444881',_st_inc_return: this});">Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-21444881" class="s-lg-link-desc">The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards.</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-19715797" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-19715797"><div id="s-lg-box-16741416-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-16741416" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Crisis Reference - Helping Children Cope</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-16741416" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-39571758" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-36766500" class=""><span><a href="http://www.childwitnesstoviolence.org/books-about-trauma--violence-for-young-children.html" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '36766500',_st_inc_return: this});">Child Witness to Violence bibliography</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-36766500" class="s-lg-link-desc">The Child Witness to Violence Project (CWVP) is a counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on young children who are the hidden victims of domestic and community violence, and other trauma-related events.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-36766628" class=""><span><a href="http://www.indypl.org/readytoread/?p=1086" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '36766628',_st_inc_return: this});">Helping Children Cope with Tragic Events</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-36766628" class="s-lg-link-desc">A collection of resources from the Indianapolis Public Library.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-36766589" class=""><span><a href="https://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200809/Crawford.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '36766589',_st_inc_return: this});">Literature to Help Children Cope with Family Stressors</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-36766589" class="s-lg-link-desc">Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth; Crawford, Patricia A. YC Young Children; Washington Vol. 63, Iss. 5, (Sep 2008): 12-17.</div></div></li><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-36766769" class=""><span><a href="http://www.nasponline.org/x33507.xml" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '36766769',_st_inc_return: this});">Recommended Books for Children Coping With Loss or Trauma</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-36766769" class="s-lg-link-desc">Books can be wonderful tools to use with children who have experienced difficult times such as trauma or loss. 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