The annual award given to an author of a distinguished work of historical fiction for children
What is the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction?
100
Authors tell about their own life in this.
What is an autobiography?
100
Stories that could happen to people and animals that contain fictitious characters.
What is realistic fiction?
100
Literature by and about groups that have been marginalized
What is multicultural literature?
100
A story in which the events, settings, or characters are outside the realm of possibility.
What is modern fantasy?
200
This award, sponsored by NCTE, is given to an author in recognition of an excellent nonfiction book
What is the Orbis Pictus Award?
200
Stories about events that occurred at least one generation (20 years or more) prior to the date of publication, that include imaginary characters.
What is historical fiction?
200
This early example of realistic fiction was about survival on a desert island.
What is Robinson Crusoe?
200
First picture book with an African-American protagonist to win the Caldecott Medal
What is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats?
200
An early classic personified toy story by A.A. Milne
What is Winnie-the-Pooh?
300
Award given to a U.S. author or illustrator for a lasting contribution to children's literature
What is the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award?
300
A Newbery Award winning novel from 1997 that was set in verse.
What is "Out of the Dust"?
300
This author writes novels about African-American adolescents in urban settings.
What is Walter Dean Myers?
300
The first picture book by a Japanese-American illustrator to win the Caldecott Medal
What is Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say?
300
The first book in the best-selling quest fantasy series by J.K. Rowling
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
400
This ALA award is given to the American publisher of a foreign, translated book for children.
What is the Mildred L. Batchelder Award?
400
Factual information about the lives of actual people
What is a biography?
400
Struggles encountered as children move toward adulthood.
What is coming of age?
400
This is the percentage of children's books published in 2011 that were by or about people of color, despite being 38% of the population
What is 9%?
400
Traditional folktales with a contemporary twist
What is a fractured folktale?
500
This award is given annually in the state of Tennessee to books voted on by the children of the state.
What is the Volunteer State Book Award?
500
A collection of artifacts or copies of realia from a particular historical period that connects a reader to a historical fiction book.
What is a jackdaw?
500
A process intended to engage children in considering core values
What is character education?
500
The award-winning author of historical fiction about growing up black in the southern U.S. in the 1940's and 1950's
What is Mildred Taylor?
500
Author of animal and toy fantasies for children in primary and intermediate grades. Wrote Tale of Despereaux and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.