The E. B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author

E. B. White Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including ''Stuart Little'' (1945), ''Charlotte's Web'' (1952), and '' The Trumpet of the Swan'' ...

. In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: * the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books * the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers. Titles are nominated for the award by ABC booksellers, and then the final decision is made by a committee of booksellers that meets annually in February. The awards are publicly announced, and the official presentation takes place, during a children's dinner at

BookExpo America BookExpo America (commonly referred to within the book publishing industry as BEA) was an annual book trade fair in the United States. BEA was almost always held in a major city over four days in late May and/or early June. Nearly all significa ...

. They are announced in conjunction with

Indies Choice Book Awards The Indies Choice Book Award (formerly known as Book Sense Book of the Year 2000-2008) is an American literary award that was inaugurated at BookExpo America 2000. The American Booksellers Association (ABA) rededicated the award (previously known ...

. The award was last given in 2019, the final year that BookExpo was held. Because the award nominees are generated by independent booksellers based on books they have loved in their own stores, there is no formal outside submission process.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:White, EB, Read Aloud Award American children's literary awards Awards established in 2004 2004 establishments in the United States English-language literary awards