Many Moons (1943)
Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification Many Moons; written by James Thurber, illustrated by Louis Sloblodkin; Harcourt Brace; 1943. 1944 Caldecott Medal Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value –...
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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification Madeline’s Rescue (1953) Written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans; Viking Press; 1953. 1954 Caldecott Medal Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value –...
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Twenty Caldecott Medal Books
Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification We recently performed an internet search for the first twenty Caldecott Medal books, wondering how many first editions are currently being offered for sale....
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Frog Went A-Courtin (1955)
Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification Frog Went A-Courtin’; written by John Langstaff; illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Harcourt Brace, 1955. 1956 Caldecott Medal Award Children’s Picturebook...
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Flotsam (2007)
Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification Flotsam; written and illustrated by David Wiesner; Clarion Books, 2006. 2007 Caldecott Medal Childrens Picturebook Price Guide: $50 Fine From Janice...
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The Little House – 1st Edition Identification
A first edition copy of The Little House, the 1943 Caldecott Medal winning book, is coming up for auction on July 12, 2007 at PBA Galleries. The first edition The Little House is very difficult to...
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ALA Announces 2008 Caldecott Award Winners
2008 Caldecott Medal Winner The 2008 Caldecott Medal winner is The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic) From an opening shot of the full moon setting over an awakening Paris in...
View ArticleFirst Edition Make Way For Ducklings
A first edition Make Way For Ducklings, Robert McCloskey’s 1942 Caldecott Medal winning book, has recently surfaced for sale. We haven’t seen a copy for years, so it will be interesting to see how long...
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A Book Collectors Perspective, Jerry Pinkney
This past Monday at the American Library Association’s mid-winter conference, Jerry Pinkney earned his first Caldecott Medal awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture...
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Top 100 Collectible Picturebooks – Part 2
Top 100 Collectible Picturebooks – Overview A series of articles to select the Top 100 Collectible Children’s Picturebooks, providing the rationale for each book’s inclusion, with an objective of...
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Search For The First Forty Caldecott Medal Books
Searching For The First Forty Caldecott Medal Books I recently performed a search for first editions of the first forty Caldecott Medal books (covering the award years 1938-thru-1978) to determine the...
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2015 Caldecott Awards Announced!
Every year at it's mid-Winter Conference the American Library Association presents the Caldecott Award "to the artist of the most distinguished American picturebook for children." In addition to the...
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