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The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
In 1937 the American Library Association added the Caldecott Award, for "the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States". [12] That year an award committee selected the Medal and Honor books for both awards.
Sector 7 (book) Seven Blind Mice; Seven Simeons; Sing in Praise; Sing Mother Goose; Skipper John's Cook; Sleep Like a Tiger; Small Rain: Verses From The Bible; Snow (picture book) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (book) Song of Robin Hood; The Spider and the Fly (DiTerlizzi book) Starry Messenger (picture book) The Stinky Cheese Man and Other ...
Clare Turlay Newberry (April 10, 1903 – February 12, 1970) [1] was an American writer and illustrator of 17 published children's books, who achieved fame for her drawings of cats, the subject of all but three of her books. [1] Four of her works were named Caldecott Honor Books.
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, written by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, is a 1962 picture book published by HarperCollins.It was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1963 and was one of Sendak's Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of seven during his career.
Byrd Baylor (March 28, 1924 – June 16, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, and author of picture books for children. Four of her books have achieved Caldecott Honor status. Background
They Were Strong and Good is a children's nonfiction book written and illustrated by Robert Lawson, who won the 1941 Caldecott Medal for excellence in illustration of an American children's picture book. [1] [2] It tells the story of Lawson's family: where they came from, how they met, what they did, and where they lived. "None of them," Lawson ...
Blueberries for Sal is a classic children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey in 1948. The story is set in Maine, following the adventures of a young girl named Sal and a bear cub named Little Bear as they both go blueberry picking with their respective mothers before winter. The book was awarded the Caldecott Honor in ...