Children's Literature Legacy Award

• The medal may be awarded to an author or illustrator including co-authors or co-illustrators, and persons who both write and illustrate. The person may be nominated posthumously.[3]
• Some portion of the nominee's active career in books for children must have occurred in the twenty-five years prior to nomination.[3]
• Citizenship or residence of the potential nominee is not to be considered.[3]
• The nominee's work must be published in the United States but this does not mean that the first publication had to be in the United States. It means that books by the nominee have been published in the United States, and it is those books which are to be considered in the nomination process.[3]
• At least some of the books by the potential nominee must have been available to children for at least ten years.[3]
• The books, by their nature or number, occupy an important place in literature for American children, and children have read the books, and the books continue to be requested and read by children.[3]
• The committee is to direct its attention only to the part of the nominee's total work that is books for children (up to and including age fourteen).[3]

In February 2018, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), the division of ALA that administers the award, announced a taskforce which re-examined the naming of the award and included representation from the American Indian Library Association (AILA).[4] The task force was convened because of criticism of Wilder's depictions of Native and African Americans.[5] A recommendation to rename the award was made on June 23, 2018.[6] The ALSC board found Wilder's body of work "includes expressions of stereotypical attitudes inconsistent with ALSC's core values of inclusiveness, integrity and respect, and responsiveness."[7] The ALSC considered Wilder's depictions of minorities to be racist, in particular Native Americans.[7] The award's name was officially changed to the "Children's Literature Legacy Award."[8]

• List of ALA awards
• Caldecott Medal
• Newbery Medal
• Margaret A. Edwards Award

• Fraser, Caroline. “Yes, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ is racially insensitive — but we should still read it.” The Washington Post, 13 March 2018. Accessed 31 July 2019.
• Yorio, Kara. “ALSC Changes Wilder Award to Children's Literature Legacy Award.” SLJ School Library Journal, 24 June 2018. Accessed 31 July 2019.
• Chow, Kat. “Little House On The Controversy: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name Removed From Book Award.” NPR National Public Radio, 25 June 2018. Accessed 31 July 2019.
• “Historical Perspective or Racism in Little House on the Prairie?” (Laura McLemore, 7 December 2018). Accessed 31 July 2019.