The American Library Association ( ALA) gives many book awards

Newbery Award - honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Caldecott Award - honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Coretta Scott King Award (CSK Award) - which honors African-American authors and illustrators.

Michael L. Printz Award - for excellence in literature for young adults.

Laura Ingalls Wilder 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 Pura Belpre Award - honors 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. Awarded biennially.

Margaret A. Edwards Award - which honors an author?s lifetime contribution to young adult literature.

Robert F. Sibert Award - honoring information books for children.

Mildren L. Batchelder Award - honors the importance of good books for children in translation from all parts of the world.

May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award - awarded to an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature, of any country, who shall prepare a paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children's literature.

Andrew Carnegie Medal - honors outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year.

Alex Award Winners - honors ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.

Odyessey Award for audiobooks