The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually in January 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 is given annually in January 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.
The Irma Black Award goes to an outstanding book for young children - a book in which text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to produce a singular whole. The Irma Black Award is unusual in that children are the final judges of the winning book. The Award is usually presented in April.