#4 Caldecott Award vs. Newbery Award

The Caldecott Award has been given since 1938 and it is awarded in late January. This award is granted to a book that was written by a United States resident and published in the United States the previous year. The winning recipient is chosen because it is the most distinguished children's book for the previous year.

The Newbery Award has been presented since 1922 and it is awarded each year to the book that is an outstanding contribution to children's literature in the United States. The Newbery Award has to be published in English in the United States in order to receive the award.

In other words, the Newberry Award is designed for the author of the best contribution to children's literature while the Caldecott Award is made for the artist of the best children's picture book. After learning this information I don't know if one award is really better than the other. It completely depends on what type of book one chooses to write. I have always been familiar with the Caldecott Award and if I were an illustrator/author of children's literature I would most certainly want to win that award instead of the Newbery Award.