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If smiles were audible, my smile was LOUD. I love this heartwarming story on more than one level. It's a one-of-a-kind book--and a well-deserved, Caldecott Honor Winner

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2020-07-24

St. George and the Dragon, by Margaret Hodgen. Caldecott Medal, 1985. Illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman.

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2020-06-29

Randolph Caldecott was a Victorian childrens' illustrator. His works can be seen at The Grosvenor museum Chester. These are part of a set of his works which adorned the bathroom which I grew up in, as antique tiles

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2020-06-11

Today marks the birth of American author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak. He gained acclaim after writing and illustrating "Where the Wild Things Are", for which he received Caldecott Medal. Have you ever read this beautiful book? 🤩📖

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2020-06-10

From winner comes a cozy classic-in-the-making about finding your friends and sticking together through thick and thin. Watch the OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG: The Story of Us https://t.co/0Cf3OCsxAw

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2020-06-06

On this I am reminded one of the best instances of Inanimate TF in fiction is Shrek author William Steig's Sylvester & the Magic Pebble which won the Caldecott Medal but was banned from schools & libraries for depicting police as pigs.

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2020-06-03

Wondering about the future of teaching in 2020-21 academic year! This is Randolph Caldecott's view of teaching in 1885. Teacher writes on blackboard: "so she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an applepie" (& look at the boy's drawing!!) https://t.co/4mhG51LBP6

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2020-05-21

May Day
Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886)
Manchester Art Gallery

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2020-05-01

Just in to The Drawing Brigade, a gorgeous THANK YOU to our nation’s first responders from Caldecott Award winner . Thank you Matt for contributing to our project!

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2020-04-10

We've had the pleasure of 4 ace Cover Reveals this year. It's worth a recap:

The Short Knife, Elen Caldecott 07.20
My Name is River, Emma Rea 06.20
Summer of the Dragons, Ed Clarke 05.20
The Shark Caller, Zillah Bethell 07.20

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2020-04-02

is by Uri Shulevitz for "The Fool Of The World and the Flying Ship" (retold Ransome, 1968). Happy April Fool's Day! This is a terrific Russian Folk tale, in which the fool wins the day. Beautiful coloured drawings, which won Shulevitz the Caldecott Medal

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2020-04-01

3/ 's Illustration History website, Caldecott achieved renown by lending his fluid, dynamic illustration style to a series of books of nursery rhymes in the 1870s and early 1880s. His Nursery Rhymes

[Frontispiece of The Queen of Hearts, 1881, public domain👇]

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2020-03-22

Randolph Caldecott, artist and illustrator born in 1846, created numerous influential Picture Books for children with full of colour & movement, including The House That Jack Built, The Babes in the Wood and Hey Diddle Diddle (👇).

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2020-03-22

I added Sun Flower Lion, by Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes, to my 2020 Books I Love presentation: https://t.co/EcWHTwetQz

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2020-03-17

The fables of Aesop have been told for over 2,500 years! Check out Ian Lendler's versions here, illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner, Pamela Zagarenski!
https://t.co/OZeqtJVXkf

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2020-03-14

If you’re headed to later this month, don’t miss your chance to get a poster from the Caldecott Honor Award winning GOING DOWN HOME WITH DADDY! Stop by our booth for the poster and lots more https://t.co/wZ8dEsDNDd

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2020-03-10

Three questions and two sentence starters with Caldecott Honor artist LeUyen Pham: https://t.co/XIJgHooKzz

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2020-03-05

Today is I highly recommend Caldecott Honor artist 's Our Friend Hedgehog! https://t.co/5WOTAVVbdx

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2020-02-02

Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Jan. 31): https://t.co/0vbpJeM73o Inside: of Newbery/Caldecott winners, Writing the Inciting Incident, Questions to Ask a PB, more. Thanks for the illustration, & for the & giveaways

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2020-01-31