The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture...
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contributions to American literature for children". The Newbery and the Caldecott Medal are considered the two most prestigious awards for children's literature...
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Arnold Lobel (category Caldecott Medal winners)
wrote and illustrated these picture books as well as Fables, a 1981 Caldecott Medal winner for best-illustrated U.S. picture book. Lobel also illustrated...
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Chris Van Allsburg (category Caldecott Medal winners)
American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar...
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Caldecott may refer to: The Caldecott Medal, an award for children's book illustration named after Randolph Caldecott Caldecott (surname) Caldecott, Cheshire...
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Cat in the Hat, and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. The Caldecott Medal (established 1938) is awarded annually for the best American picture...
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Where the Wild Things Are (category Caldecott Medal–winning works)
million of those being in the United States. Sendak won the annual Caldecott Medal from the children's librarians in 1964, recognizing Wild Things as...
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and Toad are Friends was a Caldecott Honor Book, or runner-up for the annual American Library Association (ALA) Caldecott Medal, which recognizes children's...
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Make Way for Ducklings (category Caldecott Medal–winning works)
island in the lagoon in the Boston Public Garden. It won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for McCloskey's illustrations, executed in charcoal then lithographed...
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This is a list of graphic novels which have won a notable award. 1992: Maus a.k.a. Maus: A Survivor's Tale — My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman...
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The Lion & the Mouse (category Caldecott Medal–winning works)
2000. Pinkney, who had received five Caldecott Honors, became the first African American to win the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in this book....
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Robert McCloskey (category Caldecott Medal winners)
books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated...
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Brian Selznick (category Caldecott Medal winners)
(2011), The Marvels (2015) and Kaleidoscope (2021). He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo...
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Stephen Gammell (category Caldecott Medal winners)
1943) is an American illustrator of children's books. He won the 1989 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing Song and Dance Man...
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William Steig (category Caldecott Medal winners)
and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. Steig went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the...
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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (category Caldecott Medal–winning works)
and illustrated by William Steig, and published in 1969. It won the Caldecott Medal in 1970. Sylvester Duncan, a young donkey from the fictional community...
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Randolph Caldecott (/ˈkɔːldəkɒt/ KAWL-də-kot; 22 March 1846 – 12 February 1886) was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was...
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The Polar Express (category Caldecott Medal–winning works)
calm, relaxing storyline. For the work, Van Allsburg won the annual Caldecott Medal for illustration of an American children's picture book in 1986, his...
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David Macaulay (category Caldecott Medal winners)
a recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program award and received the Caldecott Medal in 1991 for his book Black and White, published in 1990. Macaulay was...
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (category Caldecott Medal–winning works)
different angles. The book won a Caldecott Medal in 1976 for the Dillons. It was the first of their two consecutive Caldecott wins; the second was for Ashanti...
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Marcia Brown (category Caldecott Medal winners)
children's books. She won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing...
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Kevin Henkes (category Caldecott Medal winners)
As an illustrator he won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon (2004). Two of his books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, Olive's Ocean in 2004...
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Leo and Diane Dillon (category Caldecott Medal winners)
the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and 1977, the only consecutive awards of the honor. Leo Dillon was the first Black artist to win the Caldecott Medal. In 1978...
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Evaline Ness (category Caldecott Medal winners)
picture books she was one of three Caldecott Medal runners-up each year from 1964 to 1966 and she won the 1967 Medal for Sam, Bangs and Moonshine, which...
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Jon Klassen (category Caldecott Medal winners)
books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration, recognizing the...
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entitled it, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1969. A Soviet animated cartoon film The Flying Ship was released...
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Frog and Toad Are Friends (category Caldecott Honor-winning works)
Bear does for kinship." It was a Caldecott Honor Book, or runner-up for the American Library Association Caldecott Medal, which recognizes the year's best...
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Ezra Jack Keats (category Caldecott Medal winners)
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...
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William Pène du Bois (category Newbery Medal winners)
the 1948 Newbery Medal. He was twice a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal for illustrating books written by others, and the two Caldecott Honor picture books...
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won the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and Lent won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman. She was born as Arlene Tichy on August...
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