The Batchelder Award is awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of the books that are originally published in a language other than English and in a country other than the United States and are then translated and published in the United States. The award is named after Mildred L. Batchelder who believed in the importance of good books for children that were translated from all parts of the world. This award has been given by the ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children), a division of ALA (American Library Association), annually since 1979 and serves to encourage American publishers to search out children's books from countries outside the United States. More information can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/index.cfm.
The Book of the Year for Children Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award are two awards given in Canada for books published in Canada written or illustrated by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. The Book of the Year for Children Award can be given to any type of creative writing, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and collections. The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award is given to books suitable for children up to twelve years of age. More information about these awards and others for Canadian books and authors can be found athttp://www.cla.ca/Content/NavigationMenu/CLAatWork/AwardsScholarshipsGrants/default.htm.
The Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation is an award given every two years in the United Kingdom to the translator of an outstanding work of fiction for young readers translated into English. More information and previous winners can be found athttp://www.marshchristiantrust.org/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=519.
The Bisto Book of the Year Awards are given annually to writers and illustrators of children's books in Ireland. The books can be written in English or Irish and the authors or illustrators must have been born in Ireland or be a resident of Ireland. The awards first began in 1990 and consist of six total awards: Bisto Book of the Year Award, Eilis Dillon Award for a First Children's Book, Honour Award for Fiction, Honour Award for Illustration, Special Judges Award, and Children's Choice Award. Visit http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=312&Itemid=439 for more information and criteria about these awards.
The Hans Christian Anderson Literature Award is a Danish literary award established in 2010 and awarded to a living author whose work resembles that of Hans Christian Anderson. The first recipient of this award was J.K. Rowling. The Hans Christian Anderson Literature Award is not to be confused with the Hans Christian Anderson Award which is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. The Hans Christian Anderson Award is known as the "Nobel prize for children's literature". This award is given by the International Board on Books for Young People and has been given since 1956. See http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273 for more details.
Lastly, the Pura Belpre Award is given by the ALSC and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and Spanish-Speaking to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience. This award was given biannually from 1996 to 2008 and is now given annually. Find out more at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belpreabout/index.cfm.
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