Caldecott
The Randolph Caldecott Award is the most prestigious award for the illustration of children's picture books. The Caldecott was first awarded in 1938 and is bestowed by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
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Hello Lighthouse by Call Number: PZ7.B5319 Hel 2018ISBN: 9780316362382Publication Date: 2018-04-10A beloved picture book from two-time Caldecott Medal award-winner Sophie Blackall that transports readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor! Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life of a lighthouse keeper and his family unfolds as the keeper boils water for tea, lights the lamp's wick, and writes every detail in his logbook. Step back in time and through the door of this iconic lighthouse into a cozy dollhouse-like interior with the extraordinary award-winning artist Sophie Blackall.
Radiant Child by Call Number: PZ2.31.B233 S84 2016ISBN: 9780316213882Publication Date: 2016-10-252017 Medal Winner
Finding Winnie by Call Number: PZ2.31.C38 M38 2015ISBN: 9780316324908Publication Date: 2015-10-202016 Winner
Adventures of Beekle, the Unimaginary Friend by Call Number: PZ7.S23817 Adv 2014ISBN: 9780316199988Publication Date: 20142015 Medal Winner
Locomotive by Call Number: PZ39 .F56 Lo 2013ISBN: 1416994157Publication Date: 2013(2014 Medal) It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America's brand-new transcontinental railroad.
Strega Nona by Call Number: PZ8.1.D43 St 2011ISBN: 1442433558Publication Date: 2011(1976 Honor) Strega Nona -- "Grandma Witch" -- is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical everfull pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony. He is supposed to look after her house and tend her garden but one day, when she goes over the mountain to visit Strega Amelia, Big Anthony recites the magic verse over the pasta pot, with disastrous results.
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Call Number: PZ7.L7795 Fr 1970ISBN: 0060239573Publication Date: 1970(1971 Honor) One summer day Toad was unhappy. He had lost the white, fourholed, big, round, thick button from his jacket. Who helped him look for it? His best friend, Frog. Another day, Frog was unhappy. He was sick in bed and looking green. Who gave him some tea and told him a story? His best friend, Toad.
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Call Number: PZ7.W65535 Do 2003ISBN: 078681988XPublication Date: 2003(2004 Honor) When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before.
Click, Clack, Moo by Call Number: PZ7.C88135 Cl 2000ISBN: 0689832133Publication Date: 2000(2001 Honor) Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, MOO. Click, clack, MOO. Clickety, clack, MOO. But Farmer Brown's problems REALLY begin when his cows start leaving him notes.
Blueberries for Sal by Call Number: PZ7.M1336 Bl 1976ISBN: 0670175919Publication Date: 1976, c1948(1949 Honor) Sal and her mother a picking blueberries to can for the winter. But when Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill, she discovers a mama bear preparing for her own long winter.
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Call Number: PS3556.R3579 C68 2008ISBN: 0152060200Publication Date: 2008Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.
How I Learned Geography by Call Number: PZ7.S5594 Ho 2008ISBN: 0374334994Publication Date: 2008As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.
The House in the Night by Call Number: PS3569.W2696 H68 2008ISBN: 0618862447Publication Date: 2008Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.
A River of Words by Call Number: PZ2.31.W56 B8 2008ISBN: 0802853021Publication Date: 2008Willie loved to write - words gave him freedom and peace. But he also knew that he needed to earn a living, so when he grew up he went off to medical school and became a doctor-one of the busiest men in town. Yet he never stopped writing.
First the Egg by Call Number: PZ8 .S43 2007ISBN: 1596432721Publication Date: 2007First the egg, then the chicken. First the seed, then the flower. First the word, then the story. First the paint, then the picture. This is a book about transformations.
Moses by Call Number: PZ7.W3535 Mo 2006ISBN: 0786851759Publication Date: 2006Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude.
Red Sings from Treetops by Call Number: PZ8.3.S66 Re 2009ISBN: 0547014945Publication Date: 2009(2011 Honor) The names of colors are woven into unrhymed poems that celebrate the seasons.
Interrupting Chicken by Call Number: PZ7.S8179 In 2010ISBN: 0763641685Publication Date: 2010(2011 Honor) Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Call Number: PZ7.S808566 Si 2010ISBN: 1596434023Publication Date: 2010(2011 Medal) Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes time to visit his friends who live at the zoo until the day he stays home because he is sick.
Caldecott illustrators
- Mary Azarian
- Bryan Collier
- David Diaz
- Mordicai Gerstein
- Kevin Henkes
- Beth Krommes
- Jerry Pinkney
- Chris Raschka
- Peggy Rathmann
- Eric Rohmann
- Maurice Sendak
- Brian Selznick
- David Small
- Erin E. Stead
- Simms Taback
- David Wiesner
- David Wisniewski
- Paul O. Zelinsky
Websites of interest
The following web sites provide more information about the Caldecott Award and its winners.
- Caldecott Award BooksA complete listing of Caldecott Medal and Honor books from 1938 to the present.
- Who Was Randolph Caldecott?A wealth of information on the man who inspired the award.
- Association for Library Service to ChildrenDetailed information about ALSC, including listings of other awards administered by the organization.