To celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Caldecott Medal and another decade of award-winning picture books, noted children€s book historian Leonard S. Marcus has updated this absorbing and informative picture of the world€s most prestigious illustration award and seven of its acclaimed winners: Robert McCloskey, Marcia Brown, Maurice Sendak, William Steig, Chris Van Allsburg, David Wiesner, and now Mordicai Gerstein.

 

Along with a newly added preface and an introduction that provides a historical perspective on the origins of the award, Marcus takes us into the studios and behind the drawing boards of these seven noteworthy artists, each representing a decade of the award€s history. Through personal anecdotes and glimpses of their prize-winning books and works in progress€"from doodles to sketches to dummies to finished art€"readers will find out how their favorite picture books were imagined and created. The artists reveal their inspirations, work processes, and private reactions to receiving this unparalleled honor.

 

A Caldecott Celebration illuminates the creative process while applauding the talents of the creators themselves. Complete with an up-to-date list of winners, this essential book belongs on the bookshelf of every teacher, parent, child, or book collector who has ever been dazzled by the art of children€s book illustration or has aspired to create original work of his or her own.