Sometimes, a book is just so good that many people acknowledge its amazingness. A lot of medals and awards are regularly given to books deserving of merit. Medals and awards are also important and significant because when the winners are announced, bookstores display more copies of these books on their shelves, libraries order these copies and teachers add the books to their lesson plans.
Many bookstores and libraries in the United States have sections for the winners of these prestigious medals and awards; popular television shows interview the winners; and many master's and doctoral theses are written about them.
The usual and common medals and awards that you will see in many of the books at the LRC are:
Newbery Medal - award given to an author of distinguished contribution to American literature for children. There is annually one medalist only. A book that won the Newbery Medal usually has the medal embossed or printed on its front cover and is usually of a bronze color. While the actual medal has two sides (its front showing an author supposedly giving his work to two children, a boy and a girl, and the back showing a hornbook with the inscription: FOR THE MOST DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN), the printed or embossed medal on the front cover of the book will only show the back with the hornbook and inscription.
Newbery Honor - given to runners-up to the annual Newbery Medalist and as many as eight authors can be named every year. On the other hand, the newbery honor is usually of a silver or platinum shade and is also printed or embossed on the book's front cover. However, what is embossed or printed is the Medal's front side which shows an author giving his work to two children, a girl and a boy.
* It is to be noted that only Newbery winners emboss or print their awards on front covers of books.
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award - was an American literary award conferred on several books annually by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education annually from 1958 to 1979. Award-winning books were deemed to "belong on the same shelf" as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, having enough of the qualities of his work.
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - has three (3) categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category. On occasion, a book will receive a special citation for its high quality and overall creative excellence. The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country.
ALA Notable Children's Books - Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to ALSC policy, the current year's Newbery, Caldecott, Belpré, Sibert, Geisel, Coretta Scott King, Michael L. Printz, Alex, Schneider Family, and Batchelder Award and Honor books automatically are added to the Notable Children's Books list.
Horn Book Fanfare - Horn Book’s selection for the best books published for children and teens annually.
Many bookstores and libraries in the United States have sections for the winners of these prestigious medals and awards; popular television shows interview the winners; and many master's and doctoral theses are written about them.
The usual and common medals and awards that you will see in many of the books at the LRC are:
Newbery Medal - award given to an author of distinguished contribution to American literature for children. There is annually one medalist only. A book that won the Newbery Medal usually has the medal embossed or printed on its front cover and is usually of a bronze color. While the actual medal has two sides (its front showing an author supposedly giving his work to two children, a boy and a girl, and the back showing a hornbook with the inscription: FOR THE MOST DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN), the printed or embossed medal on the front cover of the book will only show the back with the hornbook and inscription.
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Newbery Honor - given to runners-up to the annual Newbery Medalist and as many as eight authors can be named every year. On the other hand, the newbery honor is usually of a silver or platinum shade and is also printed or embossed on the book's front cover. However, what is embossed or printed is the Medal's front side which shows an author giving his work to two children, a girl and a boy.
* It is to be noted that only Newbery winners emboss or print their awards on front covers of books.
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award - was an American literary award conferred on several books annually by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education annually from 1958 to 1979. Award-winning books were deemed to "belong on the same shelf" as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, having enough of the qualities of his work.
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - has three (3) categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category. On occasion, a book will receive a special citation for its high quality and overall creative excellence. The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country.
ALA Notable Children's Books - Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books. According to ALSC policy, the current year's Newbery, Caldecott, Belpré, Sibert, Geisel, Coretta Scott King, Michael L. Printz, Alex, Schneider Family, and Batchelder Award and Honor books automatically are added to the Notable Children's Books list.
Horn Book Fanfare - Horn Book’s selection for the best books published for children and teens annually.
