They include the Newbery Medal for writing, Michael L. Printz Award for writing for teens, Caldecott Medal for illustration, Golden Kite Award in various categories from the SCBWI, Sibert Medal for informational, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for beginning readers, Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for impact over time, Batchelder Award for works in translation, Coretta Scott King Award for work by an African-American writer, and the Belpre Medal for work by a Latino writer.

The Caldecott Medal was established as a sister award to the ALA's Newbery Medal, which was awarded to a children's books " for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year " and presented annually beginning in 1922.

The Newbery and the Caldecott Medal are considered the two most prestigious awards for children's literature in the United States.

Among the highlights of his career were winning the Newbery Medal in 1948 for The Twenty-One Balloons, and Caldecott Honors in 1952 for Bear Party and 1957 for Lion.

Its books have won the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and include such books as The Twenty-One Balloons, written and illustrated by William Pene du Bois, ( 1947, Newbery medal winner for 1948 ), Corduroy, Make Way for Ducklings, The Stinky Cheese Man By Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith 1993, The Outsiders, Pippi Longstocking, and The Story of Ferdinand.

It won him the Caldecott Medal ( 1970 ), his first of many Caldecott and Newbery Medal honors.

They won two consecutive Caldecott Medals ( for Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears and Ashanti To Zulu: African Traditions ); the couple remain the only two individuals to have won two consecutive Cadlecott Medals.

The Caldecott Medal ( established 1938 ) and Kate Greenaway Medal ( established 1955 ) are awarded annually for illustrations in children's literature.

That was the setting for his Caldecott Honor book, Blueberries for Sal, whose characters little Sal and her mother are reputed to be based on McCloskey's wife and eldest daughter Sally.

In this Randolph Caldecott rendition, a dish, spoon, and other utensils are anthropomorphized while a cat in a red jacket holds a fiddle in the manner of a string bass.

One of the most consistent characters to be found in Lionni ’ s books are mice, such as the star character in his book, Frederick and Alexander in the Caldecott Honor Book, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse.

In 1938, the American Library Association ( ALA ) began presenting annually the Caldecott Medal to the most distinguished children's book illustration published in the year.

Rugby also contains several large parks, most notably Caldecott Park near the town hall.

The Caldecott Medal annually recognizes " the most distinguished picture book for children " published in the United States, beginning with 1937 publications.

In 2000, Moyra Caldecott became one of the earliest proponents of commercial e-books, when she contracted with Mushroom eBooks to re-publish most of her titles in electronic formats.

His first picture book, The Snowy Day, was awarded the Caldecott Medal and is considered one of the most important American books of the 20th century.

The Snowy Day, 1962 Two years later, Viking published The Snowy Day, which received the prestigious Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book for children in 1963.

* The Snowy Day was awarded the Caldecott Medal and named one of the 150 most influential books of the 20th century by the New York Public Library.

Caldecott is the most southerly village in Rutland.

* Caldecott Medal for outstanding American picture books

* American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners for 1938 to the present.

McCloskey wrote and illustrated eight books, two of which won the Caldecott Medal, the American Library Association's annual award of distinction for children's book illustration.

Simms Taback ( February 13, 1932 – December 25, 2011 ) was an American author, graphic artist, and illustrator and winner of the Caldecott Medal.

New Era is the birthplace of Caldecott Medal-winning children's author Verna Aardema.

* Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott award-winning children's book illustrator

Through the 1880s and 1890s, her only rivals in popularity in children's book illustration were Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott.

The children's picture book Make Way for Ducklings, published in 1941 and winner of the 1942 Caldecott Medal for its illustrations, is the story of a pair of Mallards who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden in Massachusetts.

Research by Dr. David Anderson and Dr. Mykol Hamilton has documented the under-representation of female characters in 200 top-selling children's books from 2001 and a seven-year sample of Caldecott award-winning books.

* Margaret Hodges retold the legend in a 1984 children's book ( Saint George and the Dragon ) with Caldecott Medal-winning illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman.

The Caldecott Medal is an award for children's book illustration.

In 1986, it was awarded the Caldecott Medal for children's literature.

In addition to poetry, he has also written several collections of essays ( among them Life Work and String Too Short to be Saved ), children's books ( notably Ox-Cart Man, which won the Caldecott Medal ), and a number of plays.

* Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration – Mordicai Gerstein, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

* Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration – Kevin Henkes, Kitten's First Full Moon

Caldecott greatly influenced illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century.

In 1877 Edmund Evans, who was a leading colour printer using coloured woodblocks, lost the services of Walter Crane as his children's book illustrator and asked Caldecott to do illustrations for two books for Christmas.

His work on children's books included his 1953 Caldecott Medal winning book The Biggest Bear, and his work on Esther Forbes ' Johnny Tremain.

She studied book illustration from a young age and developed her own tastes, but the work of the picture book triumvirate Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott, the last an illustrator whose work was later collected by her father, was a great influence.

The book won a Caldecott Medal in 1947.

* Richard Egielski ( born 1952 ), awarded the 1987 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book Hey, Al, written by Arthur Yorinks.

* Randolph Caldecott ( 1846 – 86 ), artist and book illustrator, was born in Bridge Street, Chester.

Children's book illustration by Randolph Caldecott ; engraving and printing by Edmund Evans, 1887

Ludwig Bemelmans ' Madeline was published in 1939 and was selected as a Caldecott Medal runner-up, today known as a Caldecott Honor book.

* Bill Peet: An Autobiography ( book ), ( ISBN 0395509327 ), 1989 ; a Caldecott Honor Book for 1990.

Randolph Caldecott, Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway, John Tenniel, Aubrey Beardsley, Roger Hargreaves, Arthur Rackham, John Leech, George Cruikshank and Beatrix Potter were notable book illustrators.

He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble ( 1969 ), won the Caldecott Medal.

His book The Hello, Goodbye Window, published May 15, 2005, won the Caldecott Medal for Chris Raschka's illustration in 2006.

Her book, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears ( 1975 ), illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, received the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977. Who's in Rabbit's House?

Caldecott Medal, 1989, for the book Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, Knopf, 1988

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