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There are many, many book awards. Here are links to some of the more popular ones. We always purchase the books that are on these three lists. Some of the books on the complete awards lists on the ALA link are not purchased by the library. Check your local public library for those choices.

For a complete list of additional awards and titles go to the American Library Association's website at: http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=bookmediaawards


The Iowa Children't Choice Award is sponsored by the Iowa Association of School Librarians. The ICCA is unique in that the books are suggested by children and the winners are voted on by children. The library has all of these titles.Click here for the current list of Iowa award books.

 

Iowa Children's Choice Awards

The Newbery award is given for the most distinguished children's book in the previous year. It was the first children's book award in the world. The Newbery is given for the best story. The Caldecott award is given to the picture book with the best illustrations. Click here for the 2005 winners and the books that received honors. The library has all of these books.

Newbery and Caldecott Awards

@ Donna Gwinnup Oct. 2005