Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards: Picture books, fiction and poetry and nonfiction
Coretta Scott King Awards: Works by African American authors and illustrators.
Golden Kite Awards: Children's peer-awarded books.
Hans Christian Andersen Awards: International honor.
John Newbery Medal: American children's literature.
Michael L. Printz Award: Excellence in young adult literature.
Randolph Caldecott Medal: Most distinguished picture book illustrations.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal: Most distinguished informational book
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Meritorious book set in the Americas.
Theodore Seuss Geisel Medal: Distinguished books for beginning readers.
Pura Belpre Medal: Books that best portray the Latino culture.
Gryphon Award: English language for children up through Grade 4.