Children's Literature: More Award Winners

The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States in the preceding year. Established in 1998, the award is named to honor the work of Charlotte Zolotow, a distinguished children's book editor and author of more than 70 picture books. The award is administered by the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The winner is announced in January each year and presented with a bronze medallion in the spring. 

This award is named after the late Puerto Rican author and storyteller Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. Since 1996 the award has been "presented annually 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." Many Pura Belpré winners include children's picture books, like the books below from our collection.

The annual Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature. The range from books for younger and beginning readers, to books for older children and all ages. 

New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books have been selected by a panel of judges and awarded for artistic merit each year since 1952. The following children's books honored by the NYT are available at Clovis Community College Library.