1. The Caldecott Medal w Presentation by Mrs. Hembree w Adapted from a presentation by Jan Ross, LMS at Dixie Elementary School, Lexington, KY

2. The Caldecott Medal w What is the Caldecott Medal?

3. w 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.

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

5. w 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.”

6. w 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.

7. w The medal looks like the pictures from Randolph Caldecott’s book

8. w 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!

9. Medal Winner 2012 w In the end of January the Caldecott winner is announced. This year the winner was A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka

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

11. w 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.

12. Honor Winners 2012

13. w Now, let’s talk about some books that have won the Caldecott Medal. If you would like to check one of these books out or another book which has won the medal, check with Mrs. Hembree “The Man Who Walked Between the Towers”, by Mordicai Gerstein, won the Caldecott Medal in 2004.

14. w All of the winners are pictured on the poster on the side window. w I am doing the Caldecott Challenge and reading all of the Medal winners this year!

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

16. w This book won the Caldecott honor medal the same year.

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

18. w An alphabet book won the honor medal in 2007.

19. The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney won in 2010. Notice the title is not on the cover! Why not?

20. w This book won the Caldecott Medal in 2005. w Kevin Henkes only used black and white illustrations!

21. w 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!

22. Mo Willems Interview

23. w Caldecott winners have a sticker on the spine! w Check out our display on the side counter w Check out the poster with all the winners! w Join the Caldecott challenge!

24. Caldecott winners are really great! Next time we will learn about the art styles illustrators use in their books.

25. Bibliography http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/c aldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal.htm http://www.sno-isle.org/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/homepage.html/104-7852690- 6099124 http://www.dixie.fayette.k12.ky.us/LibSkills/Primary_Library_ Information_Skills.htm#Second Grade