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Choices Reading Lists

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Choices: A Brief History

In 1974, the International Reading Association (now International Literacy Association) and the Children's Book Council (CBC) launched Children's Choices: an annotated list of high-quality books written for readers in grades K-6 (ages 5-12). For more than four decades, approximately 12,500 children from different regions of the United States read hundreds of new titles donated by North American publishers and selected up to 100 of their favorites for inclusion on the reading list.

Sister projects Young Adults' Choices and Teachers' Choices were introduced in 1986 and 1989, respectively; the former highlighted approximately 30 books for teenagers, while the latter identified the same number rated by teachers, school librarians, and reading specialists as outstanding for curriculum use.

A New Beginning

The three lists served as trusted and anticipated resources until 2020, when the COVID-19 virus created conditions that rendered the volunteer-driven project untenable. As a result, ILA paused the program for the first time before ultimately deciding to rehome it with long-term cosponsor CBC.

In May 2022, CBC announced that it was relaunching the reading lists under a new name: Favorites. The inaugural set of lists -Children's Favorites, Young Adult Favorites, Teacher Favorites, and Librarian Favorites-were released in spring 2023.

Learn more about the Favorites Lists.

Choices Archives

ILA members may obtain archived lists by contacting choices@reading.org. The three most recent reading list booklets-each an annotated compilation of all three Choices lists-may be accessed by anyone through the links below.

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The Choices reading lists once produced by the International Literacy Association (ILA) have shifted over to the project's former cosponsor, the Children's Book Council, and have been rebranded as the Favorites Lists. Visit the CBC's website for more information.

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A list of books that would be a great starting point for your classroom library!

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A list of books that would be a great starting point for your classroom library!

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You can find award-winning books on the Chapters/Indigo website.

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/kids/childrens-book-awards/

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You will learn so much from what these two passionate, literature-loving educators share on Twitter.

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Association for Library Service to Children

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Association for Library Service to Children

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This website explains the different book awards and has links to click on to find the books that have won that award this year.

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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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Follow John Schu on Twitter for book recommendations or follow his blog

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Follow John Schu on Twitter for book recommendations or follow his blog

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http://mrschureads.blogspot.ca/

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Follow Nerdy Book Club on Twitter or check out their site

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http://readingyear.blogspot.ca/

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Disclaimer: All blog posts, opinions, grammatical errors, and spelling mistakes are our own.

Franki and Mary Lee are both teachers, and have been for more than 20 years.

Franki is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Beyond Leveled Books (Stenhouse), Still Learning to Read (Stenhouse), and Day-to-Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop (Scholastic).

Mary Lee is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Reconsidering Read-Aloud (Stenhouse) and has poems in the Poetry Friday Anthology, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Science, the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations ( Pomelo Books), Dear Tomato: An International Crop of Food and Agriculture Poems, National Geographic Books of Nature Poems, The Best of Today's Little Ditty (2014-15 and 2016), Amy Ludwig VanDerwater's Poems are Teachers, National Geographic's The Poetry of US, and IMPERFECT: Poems About Mistakes.

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Disclaimer: All blog posts, opinions, grammatical errors, and spelling mistakes are our own. Franki and Mary Lee are both teachers, and have been for more than 20 years. Franki is a fifth grade teacher. She is the author of Beyond Leveled Books (Stenhouse), Still Learning to Read (Stenhouse), and Day-to-Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop (Scholastic).

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Follow GoodReads on Twitter or check out their site

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