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The Caldecott Medal

EQ: Why do they have two different medals? What is the criteria for the artwork

to be recognized for this award?

EQ2: What is an artistic medium? What are most common mediums illustrators use?

The Caldecott Medal

What is the Caldecott Medal?

The award is given out every 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.

Only picture books can earn this award. These children’s books are mostly pictures with only some words.

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of English illustrator Randolph Caldecott who lived in the 1800’s. This is a book he wrote called “John Gilpin’s Ride.”

First place receives a Gold medal. Only 1 book can receive this medal each year.

Honor Books receive silver medals.

15 different Librarians are chosen to be on the Caldecott committee each year. They read hundreds and hundreds of books so they can decided which one is the best!

Caldecott Criteria Excellent art ability. A plot, theme, characters, setting, mood or information

through the pictures. Excellence of presentation in recognition of a child

audience. The book must be published in the USA and the

illustrator must be a resident of the USA.

Caldecott Winner 2015

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, written and illustrated by Dan Santat

2015 Runner Up

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett

Caldecott Winner 2014

Locomotive, written and illustrated by Brian Floca.

2014 Runner Up

Journey, written and illustrated by Aaron Becker

Caldecott Winner 2013

This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen

2013 Runner Up

Creepy Carrots!, illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds

Medal Winner 2012

In the end of January the Caldecott winner is announced. This year the winner was A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka

The first Caldecott Medal was presented in 1938 to Dorothy Lathrop for her book, Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book.

Honor Winners 2012

In 2008, Brian Selznick won for his book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. It has 158 pictures and 533 pages!

This book won the Caldecott honor medal the same year.

This book won in 2007 and it has only pictures. It is a wordless book!

An alphabet book won the honor medal in 2007.

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney won in 2010.

Notice the title is not on the cover! Why not?

This book won the Caldecott Medal in 2005.

Kevin Henkes only used black and white illustrations!

This funny book won a Caldecott honor medal in 2004. Mo Willems has won 3 Caldecott Honor awards, 2 Geisel Medal awards, 2 Geisel Honor awards!

Artistic Mediums

In drawing, "media" refers to both the material that is manually applied and to the base onto which it is applied. The media applied can be many things but the method of application is a stick type object with a point (not a brush) that transfers particles of media to the base. The point of the stick can be as minute as it can be large. The medium applied can be graphite, fusain, pastel, and ink among other things. Bases can be paper, plaster, canvas, wood or basically anything that accepts the medium applied from the point of the stick.

Common drawing media Chalk Conté Charcoal soft or hardCrayon Graphite (can be pencils which are small or large sticks similar to charcoal) Human finger (with ink or paint) Marker Pastel Pen and ink Pencil Sand Watercolor Common bases for drawing Canvas Card stock Human body (typically for tattoos) Metal Paper Plaster Scratchboard Walls (typically for murals) Wood

Mo Willems Interview