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Book
Awards:
Alex
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alexawards.cfm
- Ten titles each year receive the Alex
Award. These are
books that have been written for adults, but have special appeal to
young adults.
Caldecott Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm
- Named in honor of Randolph Caldecott, a
nineteenth-century
English
illustrator, and is awarded annually to the artist of the most
distinguished
American picture book for children.
Coretta Scott King Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.cfm
Edgar
Allen Poe Awards
http://www.theedgars.com/
- Awarded each year by the Mystery Writers of
America.
Michael L. Printz Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz.cfm
- Awarded each year to a book that exemplifies
literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a
Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of
the Young Adult Library Services Association.
National Book Awards
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba.html
- Awarded each year to
recognize achievements in four genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and
Young People's Literature.
Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
- Named for eighteenth-century British bookseller
John Newbery, it is awarded annually by the Association for Library
Service to Children, a division of the American Library
Association,
to the author of the most distinguished contribution
to American
literature for children.
PEN / Faulkner Award
http://www.readersread.com/awards/penfaulkner.htm
- Named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel
Prize funds
to create an award for young writers, and affiliated with PEN
(Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists), the
international writers' organization, the PEN/Faulkner Award
was founded by writers in 1980 to honor their peers, and is
now the largest juried award for fiction in the United States.
Copyright Information:
Copyright (U.S. Copyright
Office)
http://www.copyright.gov/
Copyright
& Fair Use Overview (Stanford University Libraries)
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/
Copyright
Law of the United States (U.S. Copyright Office)
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/
Fair Use
(Cornell University Law School)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
Fair Use (U.S. Copyright
Office)
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
Reference:
Graphic Novels
(Internet Public Library)
http://www.ipl.org/div/procrast/graphicnovels/
Internet
Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Librarians' Internet Index
http://lii.org/
Reviews
and Recommendations:
Book
Spot
http://www.bookspot.com/
Flamingnet
http://www.flamingnet.com/
YA reviews by YA readers
Outstanding Books for the College Bound (YALSA - Young Adult Library
Services Association)
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/outstandingbooks/outstandingbooks.cfm
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult
Readers (YALSA - Young Adult
Library Services Association)
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/quickpicksreluctant.cfm
