Book Awards

• American Library Association - learn about awards like the Caldecott, Newberry, and Coretta Scott King Award

• National Book Foundation - learn about the National Book Award

• Caldecott & Newberry Awards - Mr. Jones' "Live Binder" of resources

• Mr. Jones' "Live Binder" for Award Winners

BATCHELDER AWARD

• About the Mildred L. Batchelder Award

CALDECOTT LINKS

• 1. Pictures & Descriptions of All Caldecott Award Winners

  2. Illustrating Caldecott Books: A celebration of 75 Years of the Caldecott Medal (2013)

  3. History of Caldecott Medal

  4. Pictures of front & back of Caldecott Medal

  5. The Little House - 1943 winner

  6. A Tree is Nice -1956 winner

  7. Watercress read-aloud - 2022 winner (upper grades)

     • Picture of watercress

  8. Hot Dog - 2023 winner

  9. Big - 2024 winner

  10. Chooch Helped - 2025 winner

CORETTA SCOTT KING LINKS

• What is the Coretta Scott King Award?

  1. • John Steptoe "New Talent" award

  2. "Each Kindness" by Jaqueline Woodson

  3. "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

NEWBERY LINKS

• "Balderdash!: Balderdash: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books by Michelle Markel and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter - GREAT explanation of who John Newbery was!

  1. Balderdash! on Facebook

  2. "Last Stop on Market Street read aloud

  3. "Last Stop on Market Street" read by Matt DeLa Pena - Newbery, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Honor

• Newbery Medal Winners - up to 2013 (video)

• 90-Second Newbery Food Festival

  1. How to make a 90-second Newbery video

PURA BELPRE AWARD

• About the Pura Belpre Award

ROBERT SIBERT MEDAL

• Picture of Sibert Medal

• What is the Sibert Award?

• List of Sibert Award Winners

  1. Jumper! - 2024 Honor

  2. A Seed Grows - 2023 Honor 

  3. Summertime Sleepers - Animals That Estivate - 2022 Honor

  4. Hey, Water! - 2021 Honor

  5. Fry Bread - 2020 Winner

  6. Locomotive by Brian Floca - 2013 Honor

     • Transcontinental RR Map

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL

• Theodor Seuss Geisel Award from the ALA

• What is the TSG award?

• TSG Award Winners and TSG Award & Honor Winners

  2. • Not a Box - 2007 Honor

     • I Want My Hat Back - 2012 Honor

     • Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons - 2013 Honor

     • Don't Throw It To Mo! - 2016 Winner

     • We Are Growing - 2017 Winner

     • Noodleheads See the Future - 2018 Honor Book

     • Stop! Bot! - 2020 Winner

     • See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog - 2021 Winner

     • Fox at Night - 2022 Winner

     • Fox Has a Problem - 2024 Winner

OTHER GOOD READ-ALOUDS

• Everybody Sleeps (But Not Fred)

• Bedtime Monsters