1. - Why is this award important?
2. - Who does it honor and why?
3. - When was the first year it was given and to what book?
4. - What is the criteria (selection requirements) and terms.
5. - List at least 1 interesting facts about the award or it's history

• Select and list a minimum of 3 titles that have won the award.

• Artists creating picture books for children were as deserving of honor and encouragement like the authors of children's books 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Who does it honor and why? 

• The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.

  The award is named for the 19th-century English artist because his revolutionary approach to children's illustration transformed the format. Caldecott was among the first illustrators to create picture books where the drawings did more than just repeat the text; his lively, expressive art told its own story, establishing the modern picture book.

  
  

  
  

  When was the first year it was given and to what book? 

• 1938 Winner was Animals of the Bible 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  What is the criteria (selection requirements) and terms.

  Criteria: 

1. In identifying a “distinguished American picture book for children,” defined as illustration, committee members need to consider: 

   
   

   Excellence of execution in the artistic technique employed; 

   
   

   Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept; 

   
   

   Appropriateness of style of illustration to the story, theme or concept; 

   
   

   Delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood or information through the pictures; 

   
   

   Excellence of presentation in recognition of a child audience. 

2. The only limitation to graphic form is that the form must be one which may be used in a picture book. The book must be a self-contained entity, not dependent on other media (i.e., sound, film or computer program) for its enjoyment. 

3. Each book is to be considered as a picture book. The committee is to make its decision primarily on the illustration, but other components of a book are to be considered especially when they make a book less effective as a children’s picture book. Such other components might include the written text, the overall design of the book, etc. 

Most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year. The award shall go to the artist, who must be a citizen or resident of the United States, whether or not he be the author of the text.

Members of the Newbery Medal Committee will serve as judges 

Interesting fact

The image on the Caldecott Medal is a recreation of vintage illustrations created by the award's namesake, 19th-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott

by Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant

by Corey R. Tabor

by Mo Willems