| American Indian Youth Literature Award | American Indian Youth Literature Award | | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/browse/award-winners/books/american-indian | Given out every 2 years with an award for Picture Book, Middle Grade and Young Adult. | <div class="ExternalClass713A496BBD354D9897D752463702EF07"><p>The American Indian Youth Literature Awards (AILA) are given out every 2 years with an award for Picture Book, Middle Grade and Young Adult.<br></p><p>The awards, established in 2006, honor the best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians.<br></p></div> | | |
| Coretta Scott King Award | Coretta Scott King Award | | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/browse/award-winners/books/coretta-scott-king | Awarded to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. | <div class="ExternalClassCB0B44FAD993433AB08E75D131D026CB"><p>The <a href="http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards" target="_blank">Coretta Scott King Award</a> is given annually by the <a href="http://www.ala.org/" target="_blank">American Library Association</a> to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. Featured here are award winners from 2000 to present.<br></p></div> | | |
| Printz Young Adult Literature Award | Printz Young Adult Literature Award | | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/browse/award-winners/books/printz | The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. | <div class="ExternalClass4D621407C6F1491A9569B7E81819E82D"><p>The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. In addition, the Printz Committee names up to four honor books, which also represent the best writing in young adult literature. The awards announcement is made at the ALA Midwinter Meeting as part of the Youth Media Awards and is celebrated with a program and reception each year at the ALA Annual Conference.</p><p>The award's namesake was a school librarian in Topeka, Kansas. He had a passion for books and reading. He also appreciated the authors who wrote books for young adults and demonstrated this by initiating an author-in-residence program at his high school.<br></p></div> | | |
| Pura Belpré Award | Pura Belpré Award | | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/browse/award-winners/books/pura-belpre | The Pura Belpré Award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. | <div class="ExternalClassDECF2CD822F44F36A0CC722523622457"><p>The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA affiliate.</p><p>The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. As a children's librarian, storyteller, and author, she enriched the lives of Puerto Rican children in the U.S.A. through her pioneering work of preserving and disseminating Puerto Rican folklore.<br></p></div> | | |
| Antiracism Books for Teens | Antiracism Books for Teens | | https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/browse/staff-picks/antiracism-teens | Get some perspective on how to be antiracist. Here are some books to help along the way. | <div class="ExternalClass4F0A9B68CC394A7DBFF8E6D70738E81B"><p>Get some perspective on how to be antiracist. Here are some books to help along the way.<br></p></div> | | |
