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OCTOBER 23, 2009
Caldecott Art

 

I love picture book art! Of course the ultimate recognition for picture book illustrators is the Caldecott Medal given out each year to the artist of the "most distinguished American picture book for children." The winner and honor books are announced at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, which will be in Boston this year from January 15-19.

 

Elizabeth Bird of School Library Journal makes predictions on the major book award winners on her blog. Last year she correctly predicted one of the Newbury honor books, The Underneath, by Kathi Applet, and two of the Caldecott Books; The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes and How I learned Geography, by Uri Shulevitz

 

Two weeks ago she predicted these four as possible Caledcott winners:

 

   
The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney

   

14 Cows for America, by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez

  

Moonshot: Flight of Apollo 11, by Brian Floca

  

Robot Zot, by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by David Shannon

 

(We own all of these if you are interested in checking them out for yourself!)

 

Here is the link to Elizabeth's blog post: 

 

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/440049644.html

 

What do you think? Have any picture books blown you away this year? Do you agree with Elizabeth’s predictions?

 

For those interested in learning even more about the Caldecott medal and some winning artwork, make sure you sign up for one (or all!) of our upcoming Caldecott programs:

 

At each session we will read a Caldecott Medal Winner or Honor book and create original artwork in the style of that illustrator. Hope to see you there!

                      

Wednesday, Oct. 28th @ 6:00:

2004 Honor: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus & 

2005 Honor: Knuffle Bunny; A Cautionary Tale, by Mo Willems

                                           

Wednesday, Nov. 4th @ 6:00:
2009 Winner: 
A House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swansen

 

Wednesday, Nov. 18th @ 6:00:

1993 Honor: Seven Blind Mice, by Ed Young

Add a comment  (1 comment) posted by Megan Q.

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bas bleu said, on Oct. 24 at 9:36AM
I don't think he has published a book this year, but I am always blown away by the artwork in any of Thomas Locker's works. His illustrations are worthy of their own art exhibit!

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