Saturday, July 17, 2010

International Awards and Literature for Children

The Pura Belpre' Award: This award is presented to a Latino/Latina author and illustrator whose work best portrays and celebrates the Latino cultural experience and heritage in an outstanding work of literature for children. It was established in 1996.

The Hans Christian Andersen Award
: This award has been presented every two years since first established in 1956 by The International Board on Books for Young People. It is given to an author and illustrator in recognition of his or her entire body of work. David Almond from the United Kingdom was the winner of the 2010 Writer Award. Jutta Bauer from Germany was the winning illustrator.

The Mildred Batchelder Award
: This award is presented annually to a U.S. publisher for a children's book believed to be the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and then published in the U.S.

Carnegie Medal: The Carnegie Medal is an award given in Great Britain and was established in memory of Andrew Carnegie. During his lifetime, Carnegie set up over 2,800 libraries across the English speaking world. The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to an outstanding writer of a children's book.

Other International Awards include:
Kate Greenway Medal (Great Britain)
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Medal (Canada)
Australian Children's Book of the Year for Young Reader's Award (Australia)

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