Literature Award Listings
Book Awards
- Children's Africana Book AwardFor the best children's books about Africa
- American Indian Youth Literature AwardFor the best books by and about American Indians
- Americas AwardFor Latino and Caribbean children's literature
- Asian Pacific American AwardFor literature by and about Asian Pacific Americans
- Mildred L. Bachelder AwardFor a children's book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States
- Coretta Scott King AwardFor outstanding African American children's literature
- Hans Christian Andersen AwardFor distinguished lifetime achievement of an author or an artist
- Jane Addams Children's Book AwardFor promotion of peace, social justice, world community, and/or equality of the sexes and all races
- Middle East Book AwardAwarded by the Middle East Outreach Council, this award recognizes books for children and young adults that contribute meaning-fully to an understanding of the Middle East.
- Notable Books for a Global SocietyFor enhancing student understanding of people and cultures throughout the world
- Notable Social Studies Trade BooksA list of books that emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups, and are sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences
- Outstanding International BooksA list of books published in the United States that originated or were first published in a country other than the U.S.
- Pura Belpre AwardHonors Latino writers and illustrators
- South Asia Book AwardAn annual award for two children's or young adult books about South Asia or South Asians in the diaspora. Awarded by the South Asia National Outreach Consortium.
- Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book AwardFor the most distinguished book for children and young adults about Mexican-Americans
Blogs about Multicultural and Global Literature
- American Indians in Children's LiteratureBlog by Debbie Reese
- Mitali's Fire Escapeblog by Mitali Perkins
- The Open BookA blog by publisher Lee and Low.
- Paper Tigers BlogReviews of multicultural works for children.
- World Literature Today BlogArticles and posts about books published around the world.
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Jennifer Hanson, Librarian |
Evaluating Literature
- "Straight Talk on Race: Challenging the Stereotypes in Kids' Books"by Mitali Perkins. From School Library Journal, April 2009.
- The Voices of Power and the Power of Voices: Teaching with Native American Literatureby Marlinda White-Kaulaity. From the ALAN Review, fall 2006.
- I Didn't Know There Were Cities in Africa!by Brenda Randolph. From Tolerance.org, fall 2008.
- Criteria for Evaluating Materials about Africa
Publishers
This list includes publishers with a significant emphasis on publishing multicultural and global literature.
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