#caldecott award

[the-dust-jacket]

Congratulations to the 2023 Caldecott Medal winner and Honorees! 

#Caldecott Award #Hot Dog #Berry Song #Ain't Burned All the Bright #Knight Owl #Choosing Brave #Doug Salati #Michaela Goade #Jason Reynolds #Jason Griffin #Christopher Denise #Angela Joy #Janelle Washington #awards

[mock-caldecott]

Hi Tumblr, I love children's books and I'm looking forward to seeing the Caldecott Award winners announced in January. Until then though, I wanna try doing a mock Caldecott tournament here. IF you are unfamiliar with the Caldecott Award, it is a children's book award awarded to children's picture books that display an excellence in illustration. It is only for books published in America however, and only for books published in the same year. More info can be found here: https://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottterms/caldecottterms.htm

I am incredibly lazy and have no experience in making a bracket and so this will be a very laid back thing. To put together a list, I am referring to school library journal's lists, because again, I'm lazy. This includes:

An American Story by Kwame Alexander and Dare Coulter (disclaimer, I am biased, this is the one I want to win)

Evergreen by Matthew Cordell

The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of by Kirsten W Larsen and Katherine Roy

Nell Plants a Tree by Ann Wynters and Daniel Miyares

The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker

The Skull by Jon Klassen

Jumper: A day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan

There was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds and Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey

Tomfoolery: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children’s Books by Michelle Markel and Barbara McClintock

Big by Vashti Harrison

I intend to start things on Monday. Also, I said I am referring to the attached lists for this, but if there's a book someone else really thinks should be included, let me know!

#public library #children's librarian #caldecott award #mock caldecott #library life #caldecott 2024

[ebookporn]

#newbery award #caldecott award #librarians #teachers #literacy #book publishing #children's books

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Strega Nona (based on an old fairy tale) written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola • 1975 • Prentice Hall, New Jersey, publisher

#illustration #art #illustrator #artwork #book illustration #picture book illustrator #tomie depaola #sassafras & moonshine blog #caldecott medalist #strega nona #award winning children's book #kid lit #children's literature #children's books #american picture book

[meganwhalenturner]

2023 ALA Youth Media Awards

I was a little disappointed by the coverage of the Youth Media Awards. So few of the book jackets were featured in the articles I read. I'd like to say a special thank you to @the-dust-jacket for taking the time to put together the beautiful posts I have reblogged below.

The Newbery, the Caldecott, the Coretta Scott King, the Bel Pre etc etc-- the whole point of these awards is to drive sales. Because those sales motivate publishers to print more diverse books. The bigger the sales bump, the more important the prize; the more important the prize, the bigger the sales bump.

I think seeing the covers makes a huge impact and I hope @the-dust-jacket's posts gets lots of reblogs.

Congratulations to all those honored this year!

#youthmediaawards #newbery medal #caldecott medal #schneider family awards #michael l printz award #alex award #stonewall book award #sydney taylor book awards #Loretta scott kings book awards #pura bel pre awards #mildred l batch elder award

[mehetibel]

A First Time for Everything

Caldecott winner writes/draws his coming of age and wins a National Book Award? And maybe IN THEORY I am predisposed to the struggles of middle-school boys navigating a Hobbesian universe, or predisposed to Gen X guys having existential crises and committing to authentic living? 5 stars, possibly the best graphic novel I read this year. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60316970-a-first-time-for-everything

#dan santat #coming of age #caldecott winners #national book awards

[kamreadsandrecs]

#books #publishing #newbery awards #caldecott awards #printz awards #young adult #ya #children's literature

[kammartinez]

#books #publishing #newbery awards #caldecott awards #printz awards #young adult #ya #children's literature

[wellesleybooks]

#ala #ala awards #american library association #newbery #caldecott #dave eggers #vashti harrison #the eyes and the impossible #big #picture book illustration #kids books

[uwmspeccoll]

Staff Pick of the Week

My first Staff Pick of the Week is Leo Lionni’s whimsical children’s book On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles published in 1961 by Ivan Obolensky, Inc. In this book, Lionni (1910-1999) takes readers on a walk by an imaginative shoreline where he encounters a wide variety of anthropomorphized pebbles including fishpebbles, goosepebbles, and peoplepebbles to name a few. With brief text, readers are left to daydream over his intricate graphite illustrations of beach treasures.  

Lionni was an Italian American who was well known for his accomplishments in painting and advertising designs. While living in Philadelphia in the 1940s he worked on advertising campaigns for Ford Motors and Chrysler Plymouth before accepting the arts director position at Fortune magazine.

Later in life, Lionni moved back to Italy and began his career as a children’s book author and illustrator. He produced over forty children’s books and received numerous awards for his efforts, including the Caldecott Medal on several separate occasions. He is also credited with being the first children’s book author/illustrator to use collage as the main medium for his illustrations. While On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles does not feature collage, one can certainly experience Lionni’s playful use of shapes and composition and appreciate his passion for simple storytelling.

View more children's books from our Historical Curriculum Collection.

View more Staff Picks.

-Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern

#staff pick of the week #leo lionni #on my beach there are many pebbles #Ivan Obolensky #Inc. #pebbles #illustration #children's books #illustrated books #Historical Curriculum Collection

[mybeingthere]

Jon Klassen CM (born 1981) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration, recognizing the 2012 picture book This Is Not My Hat, which he also wrote. He is the first person to win both awards for the same work.

[the-dust-jacket]

Congratulations to the 2023 winner and honorees of the Coretta Scott King (Author) Awards! 

#Coretta Scott King Author Awards #Freewater #Amina Luqman-Dawson #The Talk #Alicia D. Williams #Briana Mukodiri Uchendu #Tommie Smith #Derrick Barnes #Dawud Anyabwile #Victory. Stand! #Star Child #Caldecott Award

[uispeccoll]

#VoicesFromTheStacks

Marguerite de Angeli

Marguerite de Angeli (March 14, 1889) was an award-winning writer and illustrator of children’s books. Often inspired by her environment, many of Marguerite’s books have centered on stories from her family and childhood, and later from the lives of her children and grandchildren. These realistic scenes of families and children are what resonated most from de Angeli’s stories, with audiences finding her books to be absorbing and filled with eye-catching images.  

Images: Left, Butter at the Old Price (1971) inscribed to the Wallace Family by de Angeli. Invitation to publication celebration laid in book. Right, mock up book cover illustration given to the Wallace family (James Wallace Papers) 

Though born in Michigan, Marguerite’s family moved to Philadelphia when she was 13, which she later used as the setting for many of her stories. Although Marguerite was naturally skilled in writing and illustration, this did not become an active pursuit for her until later in life when her five children were nearly grown. Stemming from the Sunday school paper Marguerite illustrated in the 1920’s, de Angeli began to center her work on a younger audience, penning her first picture book in 1935. This book and the subsequent centered on two children, Ted and Nina, as they went to a grocery store and later played together on a rainy day. Inspired by two of her own children, Marguerite’s knack for recognizing beauty in everyday scenes would stick with her throughout the rest of her stories.  

Images: Left, illustration from Bright April (1946). Right, Title page and inscription to Wallace family for Bright April.

While living in Pennsylvania, Marguerite came to know the Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish communities, incorporating their customs into her stories, as seen in her first Caldecott Honor Book, Yonie Wondernose (1944), the story of a curious Amish boy. She would later write about racial divisions in her story Bright April (1946), centered on racial prejudice in a post-World War II America. In 1950, Marguerite won her first Newbery Medal for the historical novel The Door in the Wall (1949), set in the Middle Ages as the Black Death sweeps across the country. She would later receive another Caldecott Honor and Newbery Honor for her Mother Goose adaptation and the Black Fox of Lorne, respectively. Though often centering on the stories of others, one of Marguerite’s last books, Butter at the Old Price (1971), tells the story of her family and the circumstances leading to her many stories and illustrations.  

Images: Left, title page to The Door in the Wall (1949). Center, illustration from The Door in the Wall. Right, illustration and inscription to Antonia Wallace from The Door in the Wall.

We have most of Marguerite de Angeli’s works in our children's book collection, many of them inscribed to James M. and Christine K. Wallace and their children. James Wallace, relative to Henry A. Wallace, 33rd vice president of the United States, became friends with Marguerite and her family, as the two likely ran into each other at some point during their time in Philadelphia. Not only are many of the novels signed to the Wallace family by Marguerite, but a good few include Christmas cards and invitations to publication celebrations. Within the James M. Wallace papers, Christmas ornaments and illustrations made by Marguerite can be found as well as newspaper clippings and photographs of Marguerite, James and Christine.  

Images: Left, photo of Marguerite de Angeli, Christine and James Wallace. Center, Christmas card and ornaments made by de Angeli for Wallace family. Right, illustration that did not make it into a picture book given to Wallace family.

-- Kaylee S., Special Collections Olson Graduate Assistant

#uiowa #special collections #voicesfromthestacks #children's books #libraries #books of tumblr #Margeuerite de Angeli #women writers

[deadlinecom]

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Pamela Zagarenski • Illustrations for poet Joyce Sidman's Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors • Houghton Mifflin • 2009

#illustration #art #artwork #book illustration #caldecott medalist #children's literature #whimsical illustration #contemporary illustration #illustrator #sassafras and moonshine #pamela zagarenski #joyce sidman #randolph caldecott medal #award winning illustrator #kid lit #kid's book #kids' poetry

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

 "Maurice Sendak" by Mariana R. Cook, 2005 (printed 2012). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Mariana R. Cook

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Maurice Sendak was part of my childhood. Sendak’s illustrations were seared into my brain, and I would have dreams that appeared designed by him.

Maurice Sendak wrote and illustrated "Where the Wild Things Are" in 1963, a highly original book—one that frightened a few teachers and Mrs. Sibley, our librarian—combining elements of the grotesque ⁣with a largely upbeat story line.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ As a child, Sendak grew up in a household scarred by the loss of family members to the Holocaust. He was a sickly boy who sought comfort in books and took pleasure in drawing from an early age.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ He was awarded the coveted Caldecott Medal. ⁣⁣ Sendak went on to produce other well-received children’s titles, including "Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More to Life" (1967) and "In the Night Kitchen" (1970).⁣⁣⁣

In this portrait, Maurice Sendak poses with his dog, Herman. ⁣

[Follies Of God]

#Maurice Sendak #Follies of God #illustration #about art #Where the Wild Things Are #beloved #children's literature #gentle souls