The 2013 Caldecott Awards
…And the Winner is…
Which book would you choose for the Caldecott Medal?
With thousands of books to choose from, this year's 15 Caldecott Award Selection Committee Members had a difficult task ahead of them.
This year is the 75th Anniversary of The Caldecott Medal, a prestigious American Library Association (ALA) award, given annually to the year’s most notable American children's book illustrator. In 2012, the wordless book A Ball for Daisy, by Chris Raschka, took home the prize. The previous year, the award went to Erin Stead for her charming wood block printing masterpieces in A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee.
Which of your favorite picture books deserve such an award? Every year, hundreds of beautiful collages, prints, paintings, etchings, sketches, paper cut-outs and sculptures are created and turned into books beloved by children, but only one receives The Caldecott. That lucky winner joins the likes of Caldecott-winning artists Robert McCloskey (1942, 1958), Marcia Brown (1955, 1962, 1983), Maurice Sendak (1964), Arnold Lobel (1981), Chris Van Allsburg (1982, 1985) and more recently David Wiesner (1992, 2002, 2007), to name just a few. The first Caldecott was awarded to Dorothy P Lathrop in1938 forThe Animals of the Bible.
The ALA announced this year’s Caldecott Winner this morning.
Drumroll Please…
Congratulations to Jon Klassen for his illustrations in This is Not My Hat; a beautifully simple, dry and funny story of a tiny, overly confident fish who tries to steal a bowler hat from a very large, silent but ocean-wise fish. Klassen's ink and acryllic paintings are dark and expressive, and well worth this distinguished award. This gem will be an unforgettable favorite for years to come.
Check out all of this year's award winners and honors listed below!
Amazon Says: WINNER OF THE 2013 CALDECOTT MEDAL! From the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning I Want My Hat Back comes a second wry tale. When a tiny f...
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Amazon Says: Die cut pages bring surprise after surprise in this magical new book from the "Queen of the concept book"—an intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creat...
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Ashley W. Says: Honor - David Small
Amazon Says: When well-mannered Elliot reluctantly visits the aquarium with his distractible father, he politely asks whether he can have a penguin--and then removes one from the penguin p...
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Ashley W. Says: Honor - Jon Klassen
Amazon Says: Winner of a 2013 Caldecott Honor and the 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Picture Books. It looks like an ordinary box full of ordinary yarn. Bu...
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Ashley W. Says: Honor - Pamela Zagarenski
Amazon Says: 2013 Randolph Caldecott Honor Award In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny – like cadence: “Does everything in the world go to sleep?...
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Ashley W. Says: Honor - Peter Brown
Amazon Says: In this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him.Jasper Rabbit loves...
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YouTube Says: Watch this video to hear children's book illustrator Erin E. Stead talk about the woodblock printing process she used to create the picture book illustrations for A Sick Day f...