Collecting Childrens Picturebooks

Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Make Way For Ducklings, written and illustrated by Robert McClosskey, Viking, 1941

1942 Caldecott Medal

Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value – $7,400 VG+

Essential Identifying Point:
Copyright page: Line states “First published August 1941” and no other publication dates.

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First Edition Identification

They Were Strong And Good, written and illustrated by Robert Lawson, Viking, 1940

1941 Caldecott Medal

Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value – $920 VG+

Essential Identifying Point:
Copyright page:  Line states “FIRST PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 1940” and no other publication dates.

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Mei Li; written and illustrated by Thomas Handforth; Doubleday, Doran; 1938

1939 Caldecott Medal

Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value – $1,600 VG+

Essential Identifying Point:
Copyright page:  Two lines, as follows

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Copyright, 1938 by Thomas Handforth.  All Rights Reserved.  First edition

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