Collecting Childrens Picturebooks

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 Harayda’s excellent One-Minute Book Reviews blog:

"David Wiesner won the 2007 Caldecott Medal today for an eloquent, wordless picture book that encourages children to find the magic in everyday life. […] Throughout Flotsam, shifting perpectives encourage children to see the world from many angles and, above all, to find the extraordinary in ordinary life."

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Flotsam is David Wiesner’s third Caldecott Medal, tieing him with Marcia Brown for the most by any illustrator. Wiesner won in 1992 for Tuesday, and in 2002 for The Three Pigs. In addition, he has won two Caldecott Honor awards, in 1989 for Free Fall and in 2000 for Sector 7.

Obviouisly, with this third Caldecott Medal award, Wiesner’s first edition books will increase in collectibility and value. All told, the Children’s Picturebook Price Guide lists twenty-eight books illustrated by Wiesner.

First Edition Identification Points:

Full number line on copyright page:

W O Z  10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

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First Edition Identification

Officer Buckle And Gloria; written and illustrated by Peggy Rathmann; Putnam; 1995

1996 Caldecott Medal
Picturebook Price Guide Value - $120 Fine

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

1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
First Impression

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First Edition Identification

Golem; adapted and illustrated by David Wisniewski; Clarion; 1996

1997 Caldecott Medal
Picturebook Price Guide Value - $80 Fine

Essential Identifying Point:
Copyright page:  Number line “B V G 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 “.

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First Edition Identification

Rapunzel; adapted and illustrated by Paul Zelinsky; Dutton; 1997

1998 Caldecott Medal
Picturebook Price Guide Value - $100 Fine

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

First Edition
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Snowflake Bentley, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; illustrated by Mary Azarian; Houghton Mifflin; 1998

1999 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $160 Fine

From The Miss Rumphius Effect: "This Caldecott Medal winner tells the story of Wilson Bentley's obsession and love for photographing snowflakes. Because of his diligence and careful observation, he produced more than 5000 images of snowflakes, not finding any two alike."

The Bentley Snow Crystal Collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science is a digital library providing a high-quality collection of stunning, un-retouched images of Wilson A. Bentley’s original glass slide photographs of snow crystals. The Bentley Snow Crystal Collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science serves as an enriching legacy for all to share in the fascinating product of his life’s work carefully observing and recording the intricate, dazzling wonder of snowflakes.

Essential Identifying Point

Copyright page: Two lines, as follows.

Manufactured in the United States of America
H O R 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Joseph Had A Little Overcoat; written and illustrated by Simms Taback; Viking; 1999

2000 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $80 Fine

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page:  Number line “1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.”

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

So You Want To Be President?; written by Judith St. George; illustrated by David Small; Philomel; 2000

2001 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $90 Fine

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page (in back):  Two lines, as follows:

1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
First Impression

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

The Three Pigs; written and illustrated by David Wiesner; Clarion; 2001

2002 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $70 Fine

Essential Identifying Point

Copyright page:  Number line “L B M 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.”

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

My Friend Rabbit; written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann, Roaring Brook Press, 2002.

2003 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $90 Fine

Essential identifying point

Copyright page:  Line with “First edition”
followed by line with “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.”

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Kitten’s First Full Moon, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow 2004.

2005 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $50 Fine

Essential identifying point

Copyright page:  Number line with “First Edition  10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.”

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

The Hello, Goodbye Window; written by Norton Juster; illustrated by Chris Raschka; Michael diCapua Books, 2005.

2006 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $50 Fine

Essential identifying point

Copyright page:  Line with “LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER : 2004113496     DESIGNED BY CHRISTINE KETTNER     FIRST EDITION, 2005.”

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers, written & illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein; Roaring Brook Press, 2003

2004 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $70 Fine

Essential identifying point
Copyright page:  Must have two complete number lines, as follows

 ISBN    0-7613-1791-0 (trade edition)
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
ISBN    0-7613-2868-8 (library binding)
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

Book design by Filomena Tuosto
Printed in the United States of America
First Edition

A Fun Fact

Page 13:  After he was awarded the Caldecott Medal, Petit wrote Gerstein a detailed letter praising the book, with one teeny, tiny, correction, being the size of the cable. In first an early printings the cable was "five-eighths" inch thick; in later printings, “five-eighths” was changed to “seven-eighths” in the following line

"To his end of the stronger line, Philippe tied the cable on which he would walk. It was five-eighths of an inch thick."

 

 

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