The National Book Award for Young People's Literature is one of five annual

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s, which are given by the

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(NBF) to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers"."History of the National Book Awards"

(NBF). Retrieved 2012-01-05. The panelists are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field"."How the National Book Awards Work"
NBF. Retrieved 2012-01-05. The category Young People's Literature was established in 1996. From 1969 to 1983, prior to the Foundation, there were some "Children's" categories.
NBF. Retrieved 2012-01-05. The award recognizes one book written by a US citizen and published in the US from December 1 to November 30. The National Book Foundation accepts nominations from publishers until June 15, requires mailing nominated books to the panelists by August 1, and announces five finalists in October. The winner is announced on the day of the final ceremony in November. The award is $10,000 and a bronze sculpture; other finalists get $1000, a medal, and a citation written by the panel.
NBFs. Retrieved 2011-11-17. There were 230 books nominated for the 2010 award.
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Finalists

Children's Books, 1969 to 1979

Books for "children" were first recognized by the

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in 1969 (publication year 1968). Through 1979, a single award category existed, called either "Children's Literature" or "Children's Books.""National Book Award Winners: 1950 – 2009"
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Children's Books, 1980-1983

In 1980 under the new name The American Book Awards (TABA), the number of

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categories jumped to 28, including two for Children's Books: hardcover and paperback. In the following three years there were three, five, and five Children's Book award categories—thus fifteen in four years—before the program was revamped with only three annual awards and none for children's books."National Book Awards – 1980"
NBF. Retrieved 2012-02-08. (Select 1980 to 1989 from the top left menu.)

Young People's Literature, 1996 to date

From 1984 to 1995, the National Book Foundation did not present awards for young people's literature.
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Authors with two awards

:''See Winners of multiple U.S. National Book Awards'' Two authors have won two Children's or Young People's awards twice. *

Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and his work has been tran ...

won for ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian'' (1971) and ''Westmark'' (1982), among six titles that were finalists. * Katherine Paterson won for ''The Master Puppeteer'' (1977) and ''The Great Gilly Hopkins'' (1979), among three titles that were finalists.

Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer ( yi, יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born American Jewish writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help ...

won the Children's Literature award in 1970 for ''A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw'' and shared the Fiction award in 1974 for ''A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories''.

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References

{{National Book Awards American children's literary awards National Book Award Awards established in 1969