| A | B |
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| Top US prize for children's book illustrations given each year | Caldecott Medal |
| Top US prize for children's book text given each year | Newbery Medal |
| Most distinguished work in children's illustration published in the United Kingdom | Greenaway |
| Outstanding children's book published in the United Kingdom | Carnegie Medal |
| Award for book that is best example of excellence in young adult literature | Michael Prinz Award |
| Award to black author and black illustrator whose work encourages and promotes world unity and peace | Coretta Scott King Award |
| Latino/latina author and illustrator whose work best portrays the Latino culture | Pura Belpre Award |
| Award given every two years to an internationally renown author and illustrator | Hans Christian Andersen Award |
| Award for best in science fiction for students | Golden Duck |
| New award for best beginning reader book | Theodore Seuss Geisel |
| Award for the most outstanding translation of a book originally published in another language | Mildred Batchelder Award |
| Award for historical fiction book set in the New World | Scott O'Dell Award |
| Award to celebrate best contemporary writing in the United Kingdom | Costa Award (formerly Whitbread) |
| Most distinguished informational book for children | Robert Siebert Award |
| Award for best new picture book author | Ezra Jack Keats Award |
| Awards given annually in Georgia for picture books and chapter books for students | Georgia Childrens Lit Book Award |
| Award for childrens book promoting peace and social justice | Jane Adams Award |
| Prize given annually at the Frankfurt Book Fair to German picture book | Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis |
| Given annually at the Bologna Book Fair in Italy | Bologna Ragazzi Awards |
