The Caldecott Medal

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The Caldecott Medal

• Cheryl Youse
• Colquitt County High School

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• What is the Caldecott Medal?

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• The Caldecott is given out each year 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.

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• The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of
  English illustrator Randolph Caldecott who lived
  in the 1800s. This is a book he wrote called
  John Gilpins Ride. The medal looks like the
  pictures from this book.

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• In 1937, Rene Paul Chambellan designed the
  Caldecott Medal. It is a bronze medal with the
  winners name and the date engraved on the back.

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• Fifteen Librarians who work with childrens books
  are chosen to be on the Caldecott committee. They
  read hundreds and hundreds of books so they can
  decided which one is the best!

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picture book a book consisting mainly or
entirely of pictures, esp. one for children who
have not yet learned to read.

• True picture books are books in which the
  pictures help tell the story the pictures are
  needed to understand the story

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• The first Caldecott Medal was presented in 1938
  to Dorothy Lathrop for her book, Animals of the
  Bible, A Picture Book.
• Medium black and white lithographs
• (Medium means what kind of artwork/how the
  artwork was made)

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• 2006 Caldecott Winner
• Author Norman Juster
• Illustrator Chris Raschka
• Medium Watercolor

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• 2005 Caldecott Winner
• Author Kevin Henkes
• Illustrator Kevin Henkes
• Medium Gouache (method of painting), colored
  pencil

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• 2004 Caldecott Winner
• Author Mordecai Gerstein
• Illustrator Mordecai Gerstein
• Medium Ink and oil paintings

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• 2003 Caldecott Winner
• Author Eric Rohman
• Illustrator Eric Rohman
• Medium Colored prints

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• 2002 Caldecott Winner
• Author David Wiesner
• Illustrator David Wiesner
• Medium Watercolor

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• 2001 Caldecott Winner
• Author Judith St. George
• Illustrator David Small
• Medium Watercolor, pen and ink, pastel

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• 2000 Caldecott Winner
• Author Sims Taback
• Illustrator Sims Taback
• Medium gouache, watercolor, collage, pencil,
  and ink as well as die cutting

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• 1999 Caldecott Winner
• Author Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• Illustrator Mary Azarian
• Medium Woodcut, watercolor

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• 1998 Caldecott Winner
• Author Paul O. Zelinsky
• Illustrator O. Paul Zelinsky
• Medium watercolor, acrylic, oil paint

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• 1997 Caldecott Winner
• Author David Wisniewski
• Illustrator David Wisniewski
• Medium Papercut collage

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• 1996 Caldecott Winner
• Author Peggy Rathman
• Illustrator Peggy Rathman
• Medium Watercolor

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• 1995 Caldecott Winner
• Author Eve Bunting
• Illustrator David Diaz
• Medium Collage

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• Some books each year were called runners-up.
  In 1971, that term was changed to honor books.
  
• These medals look like the award except they are
  silver instead of bronze.
• Honor books have great pictures too!

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• The Red Book, by Barbara Lehman, was an honor
  book in 2005.

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• Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo
  Willems was an Honor book in 2004.

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• The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins was an
  Honor book in 2002.

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What book will win this year?

• The Caldecott has been presented every year since
  1938

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Books which have won the Caldecott Medal or an
honor medal use pictures to help tell the story,
and the pictures are really good! Look for a
Caldecott today.
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• Bibliography/Sources
• Amazon.com, book images.
• Allen County Indiana Public Library, 2007 Mock
  Caldecott Election
• American Library Association Caldecott Awards.
• Caldecott Winner and Honor Books 1938-2005.
• Huck, Charlotte S. Childrens Literature in the
  Elementary School. Boston McGraw Hill, 2001.
• In the Artist's Studio by Paul O. Zelinsky.