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Caldecott Medal Winners


About the Caldecott Medal

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The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. See the ALA Caldecott Medal website for more information about the award and past winners.

2009 Winner

The House in the Night book cover
Author:  illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson
Title:  The House in the Night

Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

 

2009 Honor Books

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever book cover
Author:  Maria Frazee
Title:  A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever

Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.

 

How I Learned Geography book cover
Author:  Uri Shulevitz
Title:  How I Learned Geography

As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.

 

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams book cover
Author:  illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jennifer Bryant
Title:  A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

This picture book biography of William Carlos Williams traces childhood events that lead him to become a doctor and a poet.

 

 
   
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