Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association

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IRA CL/R SIG Network:
Resources - United States (and Beyond)

IRA CL/R SIG Network Directory

National (International) Literature Award Programs
National Events Related to Children's / Young Adult Literature
National Organizations Related to Children's / Young Adult Literature

Requirements to Join the Network

The following literacy resources
have been identified:
United States of America (and Beyond)
National (International) Literature Award Programs
Notable Books for a Global Society

Sponsored by IRA Children's Literature and Reading SIG (IRA CL/R SIG)
Los Angeles' 100 Best Books Sponsored by a partnership of the Los Angeles Unified Children's Library Services and the IRA CL/R SIG http://www.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit/proj/best100/intro100.html
Children's Book Award Sponsored by the International Reading Association (IRA) http://www.reading.org/awards/children.html
Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award Sponsored by IRA http://www.reading.org/awards/Lee.html
Paul A. Witty Short Story Award Sponsored by IRA http://www.reading.org/awards/witty.html
Arbuthnot Award Sponsored by IRA http://www.reading.org/awards/arbuthno.html

Children's Choices
Teachers' Choices
Young Adults' Choices
Sponsored by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC)
John Newbery Medal Sponsored by the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) , a division of the American Library Association (ALA) http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Randolph Caldecott Medal Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/carnegiemedal/carnegiemedal.htm
Mildred L. Batchelder Award Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/batchelderaward/batchelderaward.htm
Pura Belpré Award Co-sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA and the National Association to Promote Library and information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA Affiliate http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Sponsored by Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc., and adminstrated by ALSC, a division of ALA http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award Sponsored by ALA and ALSC http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/arbuthnothonor/arbuthnothonor.htm
Children's Notable Lists Sponsored by ALSC, a division of ALA http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/Default1888.htm
Notable Books in Language Arts Sponsored by Children's Literature Assembly http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/notablelist3.htm
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Sponsored by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) http://www.ncss.org/resources/notable/
The Phoenix Award Sponsored by the Children's Literature Association http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/Phoenix.html
   
   
   
National Events Related to Children's / Young Adult Literature
Children's Literature and Reading SIG Program (May)

Held annually at the International Reading Association Convention
National Book Festival (October) Sponsored by the Library of Congress with corporate partners, hosted by Laura Bush http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/welcome/index.html
Children's Book Week (November)
Sponsored by CBC
     
Young People's Poetry Week (Third weed in April)
Sponsored by CBC, American Academy of Poets, and Center for the Book (Library of Congress)
 http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/poetry_week.html
 
 
 
 
Organizations
International Reading Association (IRA)   http://www.reading.org/
IRA Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group (IRA CL/R SIG) IRA Special Interest Group http://www.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit/
IRA Network on Adolescent Literature Special Interest Group IRA Special Interest Group http://www.reading.org/dir/sig/
IRA Bibliotherapy and Reading Special Interest Group IRA Special Interest Group http://www.reading.org/dir/sig/
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)   http://www.ncte.org/
Children's Literature Assembly Affiliated with NCTE http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/index.htm
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrataors   http://scbwi.org/
Writers Register   http://www.writersregister.com/
American Library Association (ALA)   http://www.ala.org/
Children's Book Council (CBC) A non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children’s books; official sponsor of Young People’s Poetry Week and Children’s Book Week each year http://www.cbcbooks.org/
Pen Center USA   http://www.penusa.org/about.html
American Academy of Poets   http://www.poets.org/
Center for the Book - Library of Congress   http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/
National Center for Family Literacy   http://www.famlit.org/
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Nation's largest nonprofit children's literacy organization http://www.rif.org/
National Reading Panel
Charged to assess the effectiveness of different approaches used to teach children to read http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org
National Institute For Literacy


  http://novel.nifl.gov
Association of Library Services To Children  

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.htm

Assembly On Literature For Adolescents   http://www.alan-ya.org/
Children’s Literature Association   http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/.index.html
   
   
   
   

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