Children's Literature Awards: Children's Book Awards

Awarded by the American Library Association since 1922, the Newbery Medal is the most coveted award given to an author for America’s Best Children’s Book of the Year.

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, established in 2004, is given annually (beginning in 2006) to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.

Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best of children's books on the Notable Children's Books list.