SPONSORED BY: The American Library Association
AWARDED TO: The most distinguished American childrens books
published the previous year
SELECTED FOR: Literary quality and quality of presentation for
children
SPONSORED BY: The American Library Association
AWARDED TO: Books published in the previous year
SELECTED FOR: Literary excellence in young adult literature
SPONSORED BY: the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American
Library Associations Social Responsibilities Round Table
AWARDED TO: authors and illustrators of African descent
SELECTED FOR: distinguished books that promote an understanding
and appreciation of the American Dream
SPONSORED BY: the American Library Association , honoring Mildred
L. Batchelder, a former executive director
AWARDED TO: an American publisher
SELECTED FOR: a childrens book considered to be the most outstanding
of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign
country, and subsequently translated into English and published
in the United States during the previous year
SPONSORED BY: the Young Adult division of the American Library
Association
AWARDED TO: an author of outstanding young adult books
SELECTED FOR: a collection of work recognized to help adolescents
become aware to themselves and to address questions about their
role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world.
SPONSORED BY: co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service
to Children, a division of the American Library Association, and
the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish
Speaking, an ALA affiliate
AWARDED TO: a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator
SELECTED FOR: work which best portrays, affirms, and celebrates
the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature
for children and youth
SPONSORED BY: the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.
The Alex Awards are given to 10 adult books that are appealing to young adults
