1. Jill Underwood Cook Elementary School
The Caldecott Medal
Jill Underwood
Cook Elementary School

2. What is the Caldecott Medal?

3. The Caldecott is given out each 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.

4. 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.” The medal looks like the pictures from this book.

5. In 1937, Rene’ Paul Chambellan designed the Caldecott Medal
In 1937, Rene’ Paul Chambellan designed the Caldecott Medal. It is a bronze medal with the winner’s name and the date engraved on the back.

6. Fifteen Librarians who work with children’s books are chosen to be on the Caldecott committee. They read hundreds and hundreds of books so they can decided which one is the best!
Other book awards

7. picture book: a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, esp
picture book:   a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, esp. one for children who have not yet learned to read.
True picture books are books in which the pictures help tell the story : the pictures are needed to understand the story

8. The first Caldecott Medal was presented in 1938 to Dorothy Lathrop for her book, Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book.
Medium: black and white lithographs
(Medium means what kind of artwork/how the artwork was made)

9. 2016 Caldecott Winner
Author and Illustrator:
Medium: ?

10. 2015 Caldecott Winner
Author and Illustrator: Dan Santat
Medium: Watercolor

11. 2014 Caldecott Winner
Author and Illustrator: Brian
Floca
Medium: Watercolor

12. 2013 Caldecott Winner
Author and Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Medium: Watercolor

13. 2012 Caldecott Winner
Author and Illustrator: Chris Raschka
Medium: Watercolor

14. 2011 Caldecott Winner
Author: Philip C. Stead
Illustrator: Erin E. Stead
Medium: Pencil, woodblock prints

15. 2010 Caldecott Winner (The Lion and the Mouse)
Author: Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Medium: Watercolor
(wordless)

16. 2009 Caldecott Winner
Author: Susan Marie Swanson
Illustrator: Beth Krommes
Medium: Scratchboard art

17. 2008 Caldecott Winner
Author: Brian Selznick
Illustrator: Brian Selznick
Medium: Pencil drawings

18. 2007 Caldecott Winner
Author: David Wiesner
Illustrator: David Wiesner
Medium: Watercolor
(wordless)

19. 2006 Caldecott Winner
Author: Norman Juster
Illustrator: Chris Raschka
Medium: Watercolor

20. 2005 Caldecott Winner
Author: Kevin Henkes
Illustrator: Kevin Henkes
Medium: Gouache (method of painting), colored pencil

21. 2004 Caldecott Winner
Author: Mordecai Gerstein
Illustrator: Mordecai Gerstein
Medium: Ink and oil paintings

22. 2003 Caldecott Winner
Author: Eric Rohman
Illustrator: Eric Rohman
Medium: Colored prints

23. 2002 Caldecott Winner
Author: David Wiesner
Illustrator: David Wiesner
Medium: Watercolor

24. 2001 Caldecott Winner
Author: Judith St. George
Illustrator: David Small
Medium: Watercolor, pen and ink, pastel

25. 2000 Caldecott Winner
Author: Sims Taback
Illustrator: Sims Taback
Medium: gouache, watercolor, collage, pencil, and ink as well as die cutting

26. 1999 Caldecott Winner
Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrator: Mary Azarian
Medium: Woodcut, watercolor

27. 1998 Caldecott Winner
Author: Paul O. Zelinsky
Illustrator: O. Paul Zelinsky
Medium: watercolor, acrylic, oil paint

28. 1997 Caldecott Winner
Author: David Wisniewski
Illustrator: David Wisniewski
Medium: Papercut collage

29. 1996 Caldecott Winner
Author: Peggy Rathman
Illustrator: Peggy Rathman
Medium: Watercolor

30. 1995 Caldecott Winner
Author: Eve Bunting
Illustrator: David Diaz
Medium: Collage

31. 1994 Caldecott Winner
Author: Allen Say
Illustrator: Allen Say
Medium: Watercolor

32. 1993 Caldecott Winner
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully
Medium: Watercolor

33. 1992 Caldecott Winner
Author: David Wiesner
Illustrator: David Wiesner
Medium: Watercolor

34. 1991 Caldecott Winner
Author: David Macaulay
Illustrator: David Macaulay
Medium: Watercolor

35. 1990 Caldecott Winner
Author: Ed Young
Illustrator: Ed Young
Medium: Watercolor

36. 1989 Caldecott Winner
Author: Karen Ackerman
Illustrator: Stephen Gammell
Medium: Watercolor

37. Some books each year were called “runners-up”
Some books each year were called “runners-up”. In 1971, that term was changed to “honor books”.
These medals look like the award except they are silver instead of bronze.
Honor books have great pictures too!

38. “?”, written by ? and illustrated by ?, was an honor book in 2016.

39. “Nana in the City”, written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo, was an honor book in 2015.

40. “Journey”,
written and illustrated by Aaron Becker, was an honor book in 2014.

41. “Creepy Carrotts!”, written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown, was an honor book in 2013.

42. “Blackout”, written by and illustrated by John Rocco, was an honor book in 2012.

43. “Interrupting Chicken”, written by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by David Ezra Stein, was an honor book in 2011.

44. “All the World”, written by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Marla Frazee, was an honor book in 2010.

45. “How I Learned Geography”, written by Uri Shulevitz, was an honor book in 2009.

46. “Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad”, written by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, was an honor book in 2008.

47. “Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet”, by David McLimans, was an honor book in 2007.

48. “Hot Air: The Mostly True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride ”, by Marjorie Priceman, was an honor book in 2006.

49. “The Red Book”, by Barbara Lehman, was an honor book in 2005.

50. “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” by Mo Willems was an Honor book in 2004.

51. “The Spider and the Fly” written by Mary Howitt and iIlustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi was an Honor book in 2003.

52. “The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins” written by Barbara Kerley and illustrated by Brian Selznick was an Honor book in 2002.

53. “Casey at the Bat” written by Ernest Thayer and illustrated by Christopher Bing was an Honor book in 2001.

54. “A Child’s Calendar” written by John Updike and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman was an Honor book in 2000.

55. “Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra” written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney was an Honor book in 1999.

56. “The Gardener” written by Sarah Stewart and illustrated by David Small was an Honor book in 1998.

57. What book will win this year?
The Caldecott has been presented every year since 1938

58. Books which have won the Caldecott Medal or an honor medal use pictures to help tell the story, and the pictures are really good! Look for a Caldecott today.

59. Bibliography/Sources
Amazon.com, book images.
Allen County Indiana Public Library, 2007 Mock Caldecott Election
American Library Association Caldecott Awards.
Caldecott Winner and Honor Books
Huck, Charlotte S. Children’s Literature in the Elementary School. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2001.
In the Artist's Studio by Paul O. Zelinsky.