Accelerated Reader fosters a strong classroom reading culture by encouraging engagement and motivation, offering a wide variety of choices, and celebrating reading accomplishments. In Accelerated Reader, educators can find reading practice quizzes for engaging books beyond the most popular bestsellers, including high quality, inclusive material in which students can see positive reflections of themselves and learn about others. Consequently, Accelerated Reader aligns its quiz selections with prestigious recognitions in children’s literature.
The ALA Youth Media Awards, presented annually by the American Library Association, honor outstanding books for children and teens. These awards guide educators, librarians, and parents in selecting high-quality materials for children and help inform which books are quizzed for Accelerated Reader. Each year, Accelerated Reader strives to quiz titles that have been awarded and honored at the ALA Youth Media Awards, and Accelerated Reader will quiz all award-winners within the coming months.
The following annual awards honor distinguished books in their category and are considered the most coveted and prestigious awards for children’s literature in the United States:
Newbery Medal for the American children’s book of the year
Winner: The First State of Being by Kelly Erin Entrada Quiz No. 522284
Honor books with Accelerated Reader quizzes:
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller Quiz No. 551733
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar Quiz No. 551928
Printz Award for young adult fiction
Winner: Brownstone by Samuel Teer Quiz No. 552079
Sibert Award for informational books
Winner: Life After Whale by Lynn Brunelle (Quiz coming soon)
Honor books with Accelerated Reader quizzes:
Call Me Roberto! by Nathalie Alonso Quiz No. 551724
The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming Quiz No. 550781
Caldecott for picture books
Winner: Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers (Quiz coming soon)
Honor books with Accelerated Reader quizzes:
My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales Quiz No. 551629
Up, Up, Ever Up! by Anita YasudaQuiz No. 552091
Geisel Award for beginning reader books
Winner: Vacation by Ame Dyckman (Quiz coming soon)
Honor books with Accelerated Reader quizzes:
Fox Versus Fox by Corey Tabor Quiz No. 551039
The American Library Association also emphasizes inclusivity by recognizing and celebrating diverse voices and stories:
Coretta Scott King Book Awards for outstanding African American authors and illustrators
Winners:
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues by Michelle Meadows Quiz No. 552085
Kwame Crashes the Underworld by Craig Kofi Farmer (Quiz coming soon)
My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales Quiz No. 551629
Twenty-Four Seconds From Now by Jason Reynolds (Quiz coming soon)
Pura Belpré Awards to celebrate the Latino cultural experience
Winners:
The Dream Catcher by Marcelo Verdad (Quiz coming soon)
Lola by Karla Arenas Valenti (Quiz coming soon)
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta Quiz No. 522664
Honor books with Accelerated Reader quizzes:
Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo Quiz No. 550406
Ultraviolet by Aida Salazar Quiz No. 550283
Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle Quiz No. 550717
Sydney Taylor Awards for authentic portrayals of the Jewish experience
Winners:
An Etrog from Across the Sea by Kerry M. Olitzky (Quiz coming soon)
The Girl Who Sang by Estelle Nadal (Quiz coming soon)
Night Owls by A.R. Vishny (Quiz coming soon)
Honor books with Accelerated Reader quizzes:
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar Quiz No. 551928
Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass Quiz No. 523524
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature to promote AAPI culture and heritage
Winners:
Aloha Everything by Kaylin Melia George Quiz No. 551044
Continental Drifter by Kathy MacLeod Quiz No. 551695
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay (Quiz coming soon)
Honor books with Accelerated Reader quizzes:
Clairboyance by Kristiana Kahakauwila Quiz No. 550290
Mabuhay! By Zachary Sterling Quiz No. 520909
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier Quiz No. 550972
The Stonewall Book Awards recognize exceptional books relating to the LGBTQ+ experience
Winners:
Lunar Boy by Jessica Wibowo (Quiz coming soon)
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa Quiz No. 523382
Schneider Family Book Awards recognize books that artistically express the disability experience
Winners:
A Little Like Magic by Sarah Kurpiel (Quiz coming soon)
Popcorn by Rob Harrell Quiz No. 550407
Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen (Quiz coming soon)
Honor books with Accelerated Reader quizzes:
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu Quiz No. 550941
Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston Quiz No. 551716
You’re So Amazing by James Catchpole Quiz No. 550410
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Accelerated Reader encourages purposeful practice
The books we quiz in Accelerated Reader help every student find characters and stories they can relate to, and our Accelerated Reader product works within the Renaissance Ecosystem to help educators See Every Student. As part of Renaissance’s Dynamic Reading Practice for Literacy, Accelerated Reader helps educators support purposeful practice within their classrooms, encouraging all students to become proficient readers.
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