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EDU 213: Literature for Children: Belpre, Batchelder,
Sibert Awards

A study of literature written for children from preschool to sixth grade. The course is designed to acquaint the student with the best forms of literature for children and to develop standards of judgment in the selection of reading materials for children

Click each award title to check availability at East Central College, using the Archway catalog.

All of these books are intermixed with other sections, either by grade, genre or another book award.

Belpré Medal: honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator who best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in literature for children and youth.  This link includes nominees and winners.

Batchelder Award: given to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding or those published in a foreign language and country and then translated and published in the United States.  This link includes nominees and winners.

Sibert Medal: honors authors and illustrators of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year.  This link includes nominees and winners.

Books highlighted below are only some of our collection.  Click on the above links to search the entire Library for titles.  Click below links for more information about each award.

Belpre Medal and Honor

"The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually 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 REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate."

Batcheleder Medal and Honor

"The Batchelder Award is given to the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States."

Sibert Medal and Honor

"The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois. ALSC administers the award."