First Edition Identification Guide: Caldecott Medals Black & White Edition Now Available For those with an interest, my black & white version of the ‘First Edition Identification Guide: Caldecott Medals’ is now available as hardcover on Amazon for $19.95. Purchase the First Edition Identification Guide: Caldecott Medals (B&W) on Amazon. Note: Clicking on the image … Read more
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 Medal award, several Honor awards are presented to the runner-ups in the category. The awards were announced this past Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. The day of … Read more
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 Medal award, several Honor awards are presented to the runner-ups in the category. The awards were announced this past Monday, Jan. 26, 2014. The day of … Read more
2013 Caldecott Medal Winner The 2013 Caldecott Medal winner is This Is Not My Hat illustrated by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press). This Is Not My Hat is Raschka's second Caldecott Medal, having won the 2006 award for The Hello, Goodbye Window. This Is Not My Hat is a wordless picturebook. From the American Library Association's … Read more
First Edition Identification Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1969 1970 Caldecott Honor Picturebook Price Guide Value – $220 VG+ Essential Identifying Point – DJ Front dust jacket flap price is “$3.95”. Back DJ flap lists five books, each followed by one review: Swimmy, Tico and the Golden Wings, … Read more
First Edition Identification 1968 Caldecott Honor Picturebook Price Guide Value – $260 VG+ Essential Identifying Point – DJ Dust jacket flap price is “$3.50”. Back DJ flap has short Lionni bio, followed by “Swimmy”, with two reviews, then Tico And The Golden Wings, with three reviews. Back dust jacket is absent the LCCN. Essential Identifying … Read more
First Edition Identification Swimmy; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1963 1964 Caldecott Honor Picturebook Price Guide Value – $300 Essential Identifying Point – DJ Dust jacket flap price is “$3.50” and back dust jacket is absent the Standard Book Number (SBN). Second state book has same DJ price, however has 9 digit SBN … Read more
First Edition Identification Madeline, written & illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans; Viking, 1939 1940 Caldecott Honor Award Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value: $4,000 VG+ Essential identifying point Title page: Line with “Simon & Schuster” followed by line with “1939.” Non-essential DJ flap price “$2.00” The myth has propagated on the internet that the first printing book … Read more