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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 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:
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 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 2005 Honor: Knuffle Bunny; A Cautionary Tale, by Mo Willems Wednesday, Nov. 4th @ 6:00: Wednesday, Nov. 18th @ 6:00: 1993 Honor: Seven Blind Mice, by Ed Young
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