Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 About this book -- 2 Books and children -- Part II: The Awards -- 3 The Newbery Medal (USA) -- 4 The Carnegie Medal (UK) -- 5 The Caldecott Medal (USA) -- 6 The KateGreenawayMedal (UK) -- 7 Choosing the best in the field -- The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards -- 8 Not just pretty pictures -- awards for illustration -- 9 Coming from another angle -- awards with special intentions -- 10 Commercial breaks -- awards sponsored by big business -- 11 Around the world -- English-language children's book awards in Australia, Canada, Eire/Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa -- Part III: The Right Decision -- 12 Did the right book always win? -- 13 What the authors and artists say -- 14 What the critics and librarians say -- 15 Some conclusions -- Index