New Award Honors LGBT Children's and Youth Literature
The Newbery Medal. The Caldecott Medal. Anyone who knows even the slightest thing about children's literature knows these are the top honors in the field here in the U.S. Now, the American Library Association (ALA) has announced it will add an annual award for "English-language works for children and teens of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered experience."
The Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award will become part of the ALA's Youth Media Awards, which also include multicultural awards such as the Coretta Scott King Book Award, given "to encourage the artistic expression of the African American experience." The new award will be bestowed by the ALA’s Stonewall
