1. Caldecott Medal

2. What is the Caldecott Medal?
Awarded to the illustrator of the most distinguished American Picture book for children
Awarded every year
Given by the Association for Library Service to Children

3. How is the Caldecott Award Chosen?
Must be published in English in the United States
Must be a citizen or resident of the United States.
Must be published the previous year.
Chosen by a committee

4. The History Started in 1937 by Frederic G. Melcher.
Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott.
The first winner was Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book , illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop in 1938.

5. Caldecott Medal Winners
Click title for book trailer This Is Not My Hat by J. Klassen – 2013 A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pickney Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg One Fine Day- retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak- 1964

6. Resources
The Association for Library Service to Children