Award Winning Books

Coretta Scott King Book Awards

Once Upon a World Children's Book Award

Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award

California Young Reader Medal

The John Newbery Medal

The Randolph Caldecott Medal

NCTE Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Award

Guides to Great Reading Adventures

75 Authors/Illustrators Everyone Should Know

Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, California Department of Education

Grade Level List created by the Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network (HAISLN)

Recommended Books in English about Latinos

Recommended Books: annotated reading lists for children and young adults, The Horn Book

Los Angeles Times' Parent Reading Guide

Authors and Illustrators
READ, READ, READ and discover new worlds!

Gary Soto

Laurence Yep

Jerry Pinkney

Beverly Cleary

Barbara Park

Mary Pope Osborne

Philip Pullman

Dav Pilkey

Eric Carle

Marc Brown

Rosemary Wells

J.K. Rowling

R.L. Stine

Lemony Snicket

Mildred D. Taylor

Brian Jacques

Jan Brett

Walter R. Brooks

Author and Illustrator Sites, The Children’s Book Council