Click each award title to check availability at East Central College, using the Archway catalog.
Caldecott Medal : honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. This link includes nominees and winners.
Newbery Medal: honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. This link includes nominees and winners.
Both these awards are shelved in separate areas. These are great "read alouds" and chapter book titles. Many classics are also a Newbery book.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award: honors the author and illustrator 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. This link includes nominees and winners. Geisel books are shelved within K-2 section and other storybook genre sections.
Books highlighted below are only some of our collection. Click on the above links to search the entire Library for titles. Click below links for more information about each award.
"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 Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."
"The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year."
You Are (Not) Small by 
Rocking in My School Shoes by 
Hi! Fly Guy by 
We Are in a Book! by 
