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Think of a favorite book of yours — it can be one from when you were a kid, or one you read recently — or any book that you have enjoyed reading. Figure out who the author of that book is, and do research on their life.

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V: Explore!

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Take some time to think about why you enjoyed reading that author’s book so much.  Now think about what you learned through the research that you just did on the author’s life.  Is there anything that you learned about the author that you think might have influenced their writing of the book?  For example, are there any themes or events in the book that might have been influenced by themes or events in the author’s own life?

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Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

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Welcome to the ALSC Awards hub! Please use the links below or on the left-hand navigation menu to learn more about our awards program.

ALSC fosters values of respect and equality, and therefore accepts media award submissions from all. However, before you submit works for consideration for ALSC awards and notable lists, please visit each award's respective submission page or the FAQ page prior to submission.
Frequently Asked Questions
(John) Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

(Randolph) Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

(Mildred L.) Batchelder Award
The Batchelder Award is given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.

(Pura) Belpré Medal
The Belpré Medal honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Medal
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children's literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.

(ALSC/Booklist/YALSA) Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production
The Odyssey Award will be awarded annually to the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.

(Robert F.) Sibert Informational Book Medal
The Sibert Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year.
Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award
The Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award (EELDM) recognizes the most distinguished digital media created for an early learning audience by a producer based in the United States.

Children's Literature Legacy Award
The Legacy Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.

Award-Related Merchandise

Are you looking for award seals to embellish your books? What about literature guides to the youth media awards, or a poster to decorate your library? Please visit the Awards Product page at the ALA store to find what you need! Check out the following links for specific award-related merchandise:

Media Award Acceptance Speeches: Audio Downloads (in the middle of the FAQ page)
Book Seals & Images Award seal purchases and rights and permissions pertaining to use of award and seal images

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Welcome to the ALSC Awards hub! Please use the links below or on the left-hand navigation menu to learn more about our awards program. ALSC fosters values of respect and equality, and therefore accepts media award submissions from all.

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ILA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Awards

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ILA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Awards

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ILA Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards | International Literacy Association

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The International Literacy Association celebrates new juvenile literature authors with the annual ILA Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards.

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Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

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*YALSA has launched the new Teen Book Finder Database, which is a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award winners. Users can search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists. This new resource will replace the individual award and list web pages currently on YALSA's site that are not searchable and that are organized only by year. Selection List Contacts
Each year, YALSA selects the best books and media for teens. Whether you're looking for a book for a reluctant or avid teen reader, there's sure to be a title that will fit the bill.
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
While these books have been selected for teens from 12 to 18 years of age, the award-winning titles and the titles on YALSA's selected lists span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. We encourage adults to take an active role in helping individual teens choose those books that are the best fit for them and their families.
Best Fiction for Young Adults
Publishers interested in submitting books for YALSA's awards can find rosters for YALSA's selection lists
Fabulous Films for Young Adults
This list presents audiobooks released within the past two years that appeal to teens.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens
This list compiles the best fiction written for teens in the previous sixteen months. BFYA evolved out of Best Books for Young Adults.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
This list presents select films especially significant to young adults from those currently available for purchase based on a chosen theme. The 2012 theme is Song and Dance.
Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
This annual list offers recommended graphic novels that have teen appeal.
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Updated every five years, this comprehensive list provides reading recommendations to students who plan to continue their education beyond high school. The most recent list was released in 2009.
Readers' Choice
This list encourages young adults to read for pleasure by presenting them with popular or topical books with teen appeal, built around up to four themes.
Teens' Top Ten
This list suggests items for recreational reading that have wide appeal to teens who, for whatever reason, do not like to read.

Anyone can nominate their must-read YA titles each year in a number of genre categories. Each November, YALSA members will vote on the titles for the final list.

This list allows teens to choose their ten favorite books from a list of current titles nominated by teen book groups. Nominations are listed in April. Teens vote for their favorite books in August and September. The votes are tallied and YALSA names the Teens' Top Ten during Teen Read Week.

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YALSA has launched the new Teen Book Finder Database, which is a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award winners. Users can search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists.

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The CCBC has created bibliographies and booklists of recommended books on a wide range of themes and topics.

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Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

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*YALSA has launched the new , which is a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award winners. Users can search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists. This new resource will replace the individual award and list web pages currently on YALSA's site that are not searchable and that are organized only by year.

About the Best Fiction List

YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults Blogging Team presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 14 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. The purpose of the annual list it to provide librarians and library workers with a resource to use for collection development and reader's advisory purposes.

Although now a blogging team, the group was originally a committee. The committee evolved from a committee established under the School Libraries Section of ALA, which was charged with producing a list of 1930's "Best Books for Young People." The committee has undergone several changes of focus and names over the years, including the Book Selection Committee (1954), and later the Committee for the Selection of Significant Adult Books for Young People (1963). It became the Best Books for Young Adults Committee (BBYA) in 1966. As publishing for the young adult market grew exponentially (over 2,000 titles per year in 2008) and seven other YALSA selection and award lists for young adults were created since its inception, Best Books for Young Adults was restructured and named Best Fiction for Young Adults by the YALSA Board of Directors at the Midwinter Meeting in 2010.
Current List Suggest a Title Current Nominations Policies and Procedures Committee Contacts Best Books for Young Adults Archive Teen Book Finder App
Current List
2020 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults
Past Lists
2019 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Best Books for Young Adults Archive

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YALSA has launched the new Teen Book Finder Database, which is a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award winners. Users can search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists.

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Children's Choices is a reading list with a twist, in which children themselves evaluate the books and vote for their favorites. Since 1974, Children's Choices has been a trusted source of book recommendations used by teachers, librarians, parents, and children themselves.

The project is cosponsored by the International Literacy Association and the Children's Book Council.

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Children's Choices is a reading list with a twist, in which children themselves evaluate the books and vote for their favorites. Since 1974, Children's Choices has been a trusted source of book recommendations used by teachers, librarians, parents, and children themselves. The project is cosponsored by the International Literacy Association and the Children's Book Council.

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TIME: 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time

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TIME: 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time

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With a panel of celebrated authors, TIME presents the most compelling, enlightening and influential YA books of all time, dating back to the 1800s

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TIME: 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time

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TIME: 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time

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We're living in a golden age of young-adult literature, when books ostensibly written for teens are equally adored by readers of every generation. In the likes of Harry Potter and Katniss Everdeen, they've produced characters and conceits that have become the currency of our pop-culture discourse-and inspired some of our best writers to contribute to the genre. To honor the best books for young adults and children, TIME compiled this survey in consultation with respected peers such as U.S. Children's Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt, children's-book historian Leonard Marcus, the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, the Young Readers Center at the Library of Congress, the Every Child a Reader literacy foundation and 10 independent booksellers. With their help, we've created two all-time lists of classics: 100 Best Young-Adult Books and 100 Best Children's Books. Vote for your favorite in the poll below.

See 17 authors' favorite books for young readers.

Read about how author Meg Wolitzer was inspired by Sylvia Plath's Bell Jar.

It's your turn:
By the editors of TIME, with reporting by Daniel D'Addario, Giri Nathan and Noah Rayman. Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled Kenn Nesbitt's name.

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The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time

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We're living in a golden age of young-adult literature, when books ostensibly written for teens are equally adored by readers of every generation. In the likes of Harry Potter and Katniss Everdeen, they've produced characters and conceits that have become the currency of our pop-culture discourse-and inspired some of our best writers to contribute to the genre.

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Search through more than 5,000 books on Reading Rockets to create a custom booklist. Search by author, illustrator, age, reading level, genre, format, and topic.