A selection of these books will be available to browse and borrow in a collection space on the first floor of Van-Pelt Library, but the full list can be browsed through the library catalog: Award-Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books Collection.
Award Winning and Notable Children’s and Young Adult Books
The Penn Libraries collects award-winning and notable children’s and young adult literatures.
Collection Overview
The book awards included in this growing collection cover varied themes, cultures, geographies, and experiences. Examples include the Pura Belpre Awards for Children & Illustration and for Young Adult Narrative, the Stonewall Book Award, and the African Studies Association Children’s Africana Book Award.
In addition to book awards, this new collection draws inspiration from the Penn Graduate School of Education (GSE)’s annual Best Books for Young Readers lists. Started in 2015 by Professor Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, the Best Books for Young Readers lists speak to a growing scholarly and pedagogical interest in books for young readers in recent years.
Accordion List
This burgeoning collection is part of a broader acquisition initiative centering literature for young people within the Penn Libraries' circulating, digital, and special collections. Related collections and resources include:
- Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children’s and Young Adult Literature (Circulating)
- Children’s Literature and Culture (Archival Database)
- The Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children’s Books (Special Collection)
- The archive of famed children’s book author and illustrator, Ashley Bryan (Special Collection)
- Titles in the Caroline F. Schimmel Fiction Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (Special Collection)
