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 this book stays on the market. From the item description: MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS Robert McCloskey Book Price: US$ […]
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 1931, this tale casts a new light on the picture book form. Hugo is a young orphan secretly living in the walls […]
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 find, and some have estimated the book will sell for close to $10,000. The Children’s Picturebook Price Guide estimates […]
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. […]
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 Price Guide value – $800 VG+ Rojankovsky illustrated several books in the 1930’s under the pseudonym ‘Rojan’. He illustrated a number of the early Little Golden Books, including the […]
Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification Prayer For A Child; written by Rachel Field; illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; Macmillan; 1944. 1945 Caldecott Medal Award Children’s Picturebook Price Guide value – $360 VG+ A year earlier, Elizabeth Orton Jones won a Caldecott Honor award for her illustrations in Small Rain (Viking, 1943, $280). Twig (Macmillan, […]
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. The searches were performed across multiple book sites, ABE, ABAA, and Bookfinder, and were filtered for first edition books with dust jackets. Across the twenty Medal […]
Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification Use the links in the blog navigation pane to find first edition identification points for Caldecott Medal books, grouped by year. On our website is an index page to each of the first edition identification points on this blog: First Edition Identification Points The index page is more convenient to […]
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 – $980 VG+ Essential Identifying Point: Copyright page: Line with “Published by The Viking Press in April 1953” No additional printings.
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 – $780 VG+ Essential Identifying Point: Copyright page: Seven lines, as follows: COPYRIGHT, 1943 BY JAMES THURBER All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portiions […]
