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Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: Books
1.All the World
2.A Ball for Daisy
3.Blackout
4.Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
5.Creepy Carrots
6.Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
7.Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
8.Extra Yarn
9.Flora and the Flamingo
10.Freight Train
11.Frog and Toad Are Friends
12.Grandfather's Journey
13.Grandpa Green
14.Green
15.The Hello, Goodbye Window
16.Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
17.The House in the Night
18.HUSH!: A Thai Lullaby
19.In the Small, Small Pond
20.Interrupting Chicken
21.The Invention of Hugo Cabret
22.Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
23.Journey
24.Jumanji
25.King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
26.Kitten's First Full Moon
27.Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
28.The Lion & the Mouse
29.Locomotive
30.Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
31.Madeline
32.Make Way for Ducklings
33.The Man Who Walked between the Towers
34.Me...Jane
35.Mr. Wuffles
36.My Friend Rabbit
37.No, David!
38.Officer Buckle and Gloria
39.Olivia
40.One Cool Friend
41.Owl Moon
42.The Polar Express
43.Rapunzel
44.Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
45.A Sick Day for Amos McGee
46.Sleep Like a Tiger
47.Snowflake Bentley
48.The Snowy Day
49.The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales
50.Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
51.This Is Not My Hat
52.The Three Pigs
53.Tuesday
54.What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
55.Where the Wild Things Are
56.Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale
Part II: Resources
Resource A: Selected Sources about Picture Book Art
Resource B: Randolph Caldecott Award Terms and Criteria
Resource C: Bibliography of Caldecott Entries
Resource D: List of Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938-2014
Glossary
Indexes
Author-Illustrator-Title Index
Media Index
Style Index
About the Authors
About the author
By Heidi K. Hammond and Gail D. Nordstrom
Summary
Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration.
