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Waukegan Public Library

Book Awards

Newbery Award
The American Library Association's premire award is given every January to a US Children's Author.

Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Award is given annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Pura Belpre Award
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.

Corretta Scott King Award
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."

Boston Globe/Horn Book
One of the most famous review journals of children's literature has presented awards in three catagories for the past 36 years. See which book is the winner for: fiction, picture, or poetry/nonfiction.

Americas Award
The Américas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction
published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.





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