Which country awards the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's books?

They should conceder Dolly Parton for her work in giving each child a book a month until they are 5 yrs old. It’s a wonderful program here in USA and internationally.

Wanda G., we need this in the UK. so many children are escaping thru the net without an ability to read. I'm an avid reader myself, so this is a satisfying question to learn a lot from