Caldecott Award

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Caldecott Medal

Designed by René Paul Chambellan

1937

Kerlan Collection, Children's Literature Research Collections

University of Minnesota Libraries

The Randolph Caldecott Award was established in 1937 at the suggestion of Mr. Melcher, who was the chairman of the board of a publishing company at the time. The Caldecott medal, named in honor of the English illustrator of children's books, is given to the illustrator of the most distingushed picture book for children published in the United States during the preceding year. The book to receive the award is sellected by the American Library Association and the Association for Library Services to Children. The Caldecott medal was awarded for the first time in June 1938.


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Hello Lighthouse (2019 Caldecott Medal)

Written and illustrated by Sophie Blackall

New York, NY: Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2018

7.4" x 12"

Kerlan Collection, Children's Literature Research Collections

University of Minnesota Libraries



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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (2016 Caldecott Medal)

Written by Lindsay Mattick

Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

New York, NY: Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015

10.4" x 10.2"

Kerlan Collection, Children's Literature Research Collections

University of Minnesota Libraries

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Written by Lindsay Mattick

Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Folded and Gathered

10.6" x 10.3"

Kerlan Collection, Children's Literature Research Collections

University of Minnesota Libraries