Caldecott Award - According to the American Library Association, "This medal is to be given to the artist who had created the most distinguished picture book of the year and named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott."
Newbery Award - According to the American Library Association, "The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year. On June 22, 1921, Frederic G. Melcher proposed the award to the American Library Association meeting of the Children's Librarians' Section and suggested that it be named for the eighteenth-century English bookseller John Newbery."
The Caldecott Award is given to the best illustrations within a children's picture book. The Newberry is the award for books geared toward pre-teens. Both awards are an amazing honor to receive, one not being any more prestigious than the other. Simply put, they are the best of the best of new children's literature for two different categories.
ALA | Home - American Library Association. (n.d.). ALA | Home - American Library Association. Retrieved April 17, 2011, from http://www.ala.org
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