Maine Student Book Award
http://www.windham.lib.me.us/msba.htm

Chosen annually by Maine students in grades 4-8. Winner for 2007-8: Rules, by Cynthia Lord.

Chickadee Award
http://www.chickadeeaward.org

Chosen by Maine students in grades K-4 as their favorite picture book of 2007-8: Aliens Are Coming!, by Meghan McCarthy.

Caldecott Medal Books
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

Awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Brian Selznick won for The Invention of Hugo Cabret in 2008.

Newbery Medal Books
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Winner for 2008: Laura Amy Schlitz for Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village.

Coretta Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org//ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/ corettascott.cfm

Awarded each year to African-American authors and illustrators whose books promote understanding and appreciation of the cultures of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the "American Dream." Presented in 2008 to author Christopher Paul Curtis for Elijah of Buxton and to illustrator Ashley Bryan for Let It Shine.

Pura Belpre Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/ literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm

Presented biennially to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latin cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. Awarded in 2008 to author Margarita Engle for The Poet Slave of Cuba and to illustrator Yuyi Morales for Los Gatos Black on Halloween.

Sydney Taylor Book Awards
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/st_books.htm

The most distinguished contributions to Jewish children's literature. Awarded in 2008 to The Bedtime Sh'ma, by Sarah Gershman with illustrations by Kristina Swarner, for younger readers and to The Entertainer and the Dybbuk, by Sid Fleischman, for older readers.

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
http://www.hbook.com/bghb/default.asp

The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature honor outstanding titles in three categories. In 2008, awards were given to The Wall, written and illustrated by Peter Sis (nonfiction); The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (fiction and poetry);and At Night, written and illustrated by Jonathan Bean (picture book). A special citation was given to The Arrival, by Shaun Tan, for excellence in graphic storytelling.

Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
http://www.scottodell/odellaward.html

Presented for a work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher and set in the New World. Chosen in 2008: Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis.

International Children's Digital Library
http://www.icdlbooks.org

Explore the fun! Read free books from around the world online.

Children's Literature Web Guide: Children's Book Awards
http://www.ucalgary.ca/%7Edkbrown/awards.html

The most comprehensive guide to English-language children's book awards on the Internet.