Caldecott Medal
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| Awarded for | Most distinguished American picture book for children |
| Presented by | Association for Library Service to Children |
| Country |  United States |
| First awarded | 1938 |
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The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually 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 published that year. It was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Together with the Newbery Medal, it is the most prestigious American children's book award.
The Caldecott Medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan in 1937. The scene on the face of the medal is derived from Randolph Caldecott's illustrations for The Diverting Story of John Gilpin where Gilpin is astride a runaway horse, which in turn was based on a poem from 1782 by William Cowper.[1][2] The reverse of the medal depicts another of Caldecott's llustrations, "Four and twenty blackbirds bak'd in a pie."
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[edit] Caldecott Medal recipients
[edit] Recipients of Multiple Caldecotts
2 Medals: Leo and Diane Dillon, Chris Van Allsburg, Barbara Cooney, Nonny Hogrogian, Robert McCloskey
3 Medals: Marcia Brown, David Wiesner
[edit] Caldecott Honor Books
In addition to the Caldecott Medal-winning book, the awards committees also cite other picture books intended for children. These books were referred to as "runners-up" for the Caldecott Medal, but in 1971 that term was changed to "Caldecott Honor Books."
[edit] External links
- Caldecott Medal - official page
- American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners for 1938 to the present.
- The most honored Caldecott Medal honor books
