Jane Addams Children's Book Award

Addams Award
Addams Children's Book Award
JACBA (Literary prize)

Work cat.: 2013016407: Griffith, Susan C. The Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 2013: ECIP galley (In 1953, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) became the sponsoring agency for a children's book award .... The award, fittingly named the Jane Addams Children's Book Award (JACBA), has been given annually since that time by a committee of WILPF members who are social justice activists as well as educators, librarians, teachers, child advocates, and children's literature specialists. The Award is now administered by WILPF's educational affiliate, the Jane Addams Peace Association; Addams Award)
Jane Addams Peace Association website, May 20, 2013: About the Awards (The Jane Addams Children's Book Awards are given annually to the children's books published the preceding year that effectively promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all races as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence) Submission Information (Books for preschool through age twelve are eligible, including translations and books published in English in other countries, and subsequently published in the U.S.A. during the preceding year.)