Poll results

It's time to post results from my poll about favorite American Library Association awards.

Question: Which American Library Association awards do you like the best?

Answers:

1^st place (15 votes)

• John Newbery Medal : most distinguished contribution to children's literature

2^nd place (8 votes each)

• Randolph Caldecott Medal: most distinguished American picture book for children
• Theodor Seuss Geisel Award: books for beginning readers

3^rd place (4 votes each)

• Alex Awards: adult books that appeal to a teen audience
• Michael L. Printz Award: young adult literature
• Schneider Family Book Award: books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience

4^th place (3 votes each)

• Odyssey Award: audio books
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Award: authors and illustrators who have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children
  

5^th place (2 votes)

• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award: non-fiction books

6^th place (1 vote each)

• May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award: recognizes an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award: translated books originally published in other countries
• Pura Belpré Award: recognizes Latino authors and illustrators
• Andrew Carnegie Medal: children's video
• Margaret A. Edwards Award: lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
• Coretta Scott King Book Award: recognizes African American authors and illustrators
• None of the above

Note, this poll was for the awards themselves. To vote for your favorite 2008 ALA Award winners, see the poll on the sidebar.

A few comments about the results:
I was surprised that the votes for the Newbery were double the votes for the Caldecott. I always consider these two awards as equals.

I was also surprised (in a good way) at how many votes the Geisel Award for early readers recieved. I love the Geisel, and I follow it pretty closely, but it seems to me that not that many people know about the award yet (which is only it it's third year).

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