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The Caldecott and Newbery Medals are considered the most prestigious American children's book awards. Besides the Caldecott Medal, the committee awards a variable number of citations to runners-up they deem worthy, called the Caldecott Honor or Caldecott Honor Books. The Caldecott Medal was first proposed by Frederic G. Melcher in 1937.
Feather Mountain (book) First the Egg. Fish in the Air. Five Little Monkeys (book) Fly High, Fly Low. Categories: Books by award. Novels by award. Caldecott Medal.
For biographies of winning illustrators see Category:Caldecott Medal winners. These books have won the Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing the previous year's "most distinguished American picture book for children." The Medal was inaugurated in 1938 and there have been 76 Medals and winning works through 2013.
The Medal is "for distinguished illustrations in a picture book and for excellence of pictorial presentation for children". For articles on winning books see Category: Caldecott Medal–winning works. The award was inaugurated in 1938 and there have been 81 Medals and winning works through 2018; only 71 winning illustrators (or joint ...
Five Little Monkeys (book) Fly High, Fly Low. The Forest Pool. Four and Twenty Blackbirds (picture book) The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song. Frederick (book) Freedom in Congo Square. Freight Train (book) Frog and Toad Are Friends.
Ezra Jack Keats. Ezra Jack Keats (né Jacob Ezra Katz; March 11, 1916 - May 6, 1983) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1963 Caldecott Medal for illustrating The Snowy Day, which he also wrote. Keats wrote A Letter to Amy and Hi, Cat! but he was most famous for The Snowy Day. [1][2] It is considered one of ...
PZ7.M1336 Ti 1977. Time of Wonder is a 1957 children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey that won the Caldecott Medal in 1958. [1] The book tells the story of a family's summer on a Maine island overlooking Penobscot Bay, filled with bright images and simple alliteration. Rain, gulls, a foggy morning, the excitement of ...
In 1979, [5] Goble received the Caldecott Medal award, presented each year for the most distinguished children's picture book, for his 1978 book The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Most of his books, retellings of ancient stories, are told from the perspectives of different tribes among the Native Nations. Goble became a U.S. citizen in 1984.