The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.

The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video honors outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year.

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards annually recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.

The John Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

This 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.

The Margaret A. Edwards Award recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world.

The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

This honor is awarded to an American publisher for a children's 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.

The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18).

Each year the Association for Library Service to Children identifies the best of the best of children's books on the Notable Children's Books list.

This award is given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.

The Pura Belpré Award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience.

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

The Sibert Award honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature.

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is awarded to 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.

The William C. Morris YA Debut Award honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.

YALSA annually selects the best books, audiobooks, films and graphic novels 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.

A very thorough list of children and YA literature awards.

Books award from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). The Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for the most distinguished books appropriate for young readers that depict ethnicity in the United States. Mostly non-fiction.

Lists of Children's book titles and reading projects by setting, group and theme, intended to build bridges between "new arrivals" and "long term communities"

Annual lists include Children Choices, Teacher's Choices and YA Choices.

An award recognizing popular, math-related fiction and big numbers nonfiction for very young children through teenagers. No textbooks—but rather picture books, novels, photography, biography, and much more!

This is a joint project of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Children’s Book Council.

Established in 2014 by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to promote and recognize fiction that has the potential to transform children’s lives by inviting compassion, imagination, and wonder.

Annual award lists from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA).

Established in 1989, this is the oldest children’s book award for nonfiction. The name Orbis Pictus commemorates the work of Johannes Amos Comenius, Orbis Pictus—The World in Pictures (1657), considered to be the first book actually planned for children. Awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).