![]() ![]() In 2005, pretty much everyone correctly predicted that Kitten’s First Full Moon would be the first Caldecott Medal for Kevin Henkes. We were all certain in 2010 that Jerry Pinkney would win the Medal for The Lion & the Mouse. Here she examines the 1987 winner, Hey, Al (Farrar), written by Arthur Yorinks and illustrated by Richard Egielski, as a come-out-of-nowhere winner.Īlthough there is always a lot of discussion about award contenders in the months leading up to the awards announcement, one can never really predict what the Caldecott committee is going to select in any given year. Horning looks at one seminal but unheralded Caldecott book of each decade - identifying trends, noting the changing nature of the picture book, wrestling with issues and definitions. Librarian and children’s literature historian Kathleen T. ![]() This is the sixth (and final) of a series of articles celebrating the history of the Caldecott Medal, which marks its seventy-fifth anniversary this year. ![]()
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