Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books

Heidi K. Hammond; Gail D. Nordstrom

doi:10.5771/9781442239241

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. This book includes many useful components:

Short entries about fifty-six books
Information on styles and media
Artistic analysis of the illustrations
Appendixes on selected sources for further reading, Randolph Caldecott Medal terms and criteria, bibliography of entries, and a list of Caldecott winners
Glossary of art terms
Indexes of author-illustrator-title, media, and style

This book, used as a handbook in conjunction with Caldecott Award books, provides readers with ready-to-use information they can share with children and others, while helping to build confidence in one’s ability to talk about art in all picture books.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-3922-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-3924-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 253
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Introduction No access
All the World No access Pages 1 - 4
A Ball for Daisy No access Pages 5 - 8
Blackout No access Pages 9 - 12
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type No access Pages 13 - 16
Creepy Carrots! No access Pages 17 - 20
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave No access Pages 21 - 24
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! No access Pages 25 - 28
Extra Yarn No access Pages 29 - 32
Flora and the Flamingo No access Pages 33 - 36
Freight Train No access Pages 37 - 40
Frog and Toad Are Friends No access Pages 41 - 44
Grandfather’s Journey No access Pages 45 - 48
Grandpa Green No access Pages 49 - 52
Green No access Pages 53 - 56
The Hello, Goodbye Window No access Pages 57 - 60
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad No access Pages 61 - 64
The House in the Night No access Pages 65 - 68
HUSH! A Thai Lullaby No access Pages 69 - 72
In the Small, Small Pond No access Pages 73 - 76
Interrupting Chicken No access Pages 77 - 80
The Invention of Hugo Cabret No access Pages 81 - 84
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat No access Pages 85 - 88
Journey No access Pages 89 - 92
Jumanji No access Pages 93 - 96
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub No access Pages 97 - 100
Kitten’s First Full Moon No access Pages 101 - 104
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale No access Pages 105 - 108
The Lion & the Mouse No access Pages 109 - 112
Locomotive No access Pages 113 - 116
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China No access Pages 117 - 120
Madeline No access Pages 121 - 124
Make Way for Ducklings No access Pages 125 - 128
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers No access Pages 129 - 132
Me . . . Jane No access Pages 133 - 136
Mr. Wuffles! No access Pages 137 - 140
My Friend Rabbit No access Pages 141 - 144
No, David! No access Pages 145 - 148
Officer Buckle and Gloria No access Pages 149 - 152
Olivia No access Pages 153 - 156
One Cool Friend No access Pages 157 - 160
Owl Moon No access Pages 161 - 164
The Polar Express No access Pages 165 - 168
Rapunzel No access Pages 169 - 172
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors No access Pages 173 - 176
A Sick Day for Amos McGee No access Pages 177 - 180
Sleep Like a Tiger No access Pages 181 - 184
Snowflake Bentley No access Pages 185 - 188
The Snowy Day No access Pages 189 - 192
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales No access Pages 193 - 196
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble No access Pages 197 - 200
This Is Not My Hat No access Pages 201 - 204
The Three Pigs No access Pages 205 - 208
Tuesday No access Pages 209 - 212
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? No access Pages 213 - 216
Where the Wild Things Are No access Pages 217 - 220
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale No access Pages 221 - 224
Appendix A No access Pages 225 - 226
Appendix B No access Pages 227 - 230
Appendix C No access Pages 231 - 234
Appendix D No access Pages 235 - 238
Glossary No access Pages 239 - 244
Author-Illustrator-Title Index No access Pages 245 - 248
Media Index No access Pages 249 - 250
Style Index No access Pages 251 - 252
About the Authors No access Pages 253 - 253