I just featured five Caldecott Award winning books and my next two blog posts are going to feature Newbery Award winners. Before I do that I want to explain the difference between the two awards.
The Caldecott and Newbery Awards are both very prestigious, literary awards that are presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), which is a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Both awards are given in January and award for the most distinguished American children’s books published within the previous year.
The Caldecott Awards recognizes the outstanding work of illustrators while the Newbery Awards recognizes the outstanding work of authors.
The Caldecott Medal is given to one book with the most distinguished illustrations contributed to American literature for children and the Newbery Medal is given to the one book with the most distinguished writing contributed to American literature for children that year. In addition, both the Caldecott and the Newbery award other honorable mentions with Caldecott Honor awards and Newbery Honor awards.
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