Events - Caldecott 75th Anniversary

2013 ALA Annual Conference | Chicago, IL

A Wild Ride: 75 Years of the Caldecott Medal 

Friday, June 28, 2013 from 7:30 am - 4 pm
Take a wild ride through the past, present and future of award-winning children’s book art at this stimulating preconference being held at the Art Institute of Chicago, celebrating 75 years of the Randolph Caldecott Medal.  Hear about the creative process from an array of Caldecott winners, as well as editors, art directors, and production managers.  Engage with one another in small focus groups and interactive, critical discussions of Caldecott medal books throughout the years.
 
Speakers: Peter Brown, 2013 Caldecott Honoree; Leonard Marcus Author, critic and historian; Kadir Nelson, 2007 and 2008 Caldecott Honoree; Jerry Pinkney 2010 Caldecott Medalist; Chris Raschka, Caldecott Medalist; Brian Selznick, 2008 Caldecott Medalist; Erin Stead, 2011 Caldecott Medalist; Philip Stead 2011 Caldecott Author; Melissa Sweet, 2009 Caldecott Honoree; Pamela Zagarenski, 2013 & 2010 Caldecott Honoree; Paul Zelinsky, 1998 Caldecott Medalist.

Calde-Totts: Creating and Using Caldecott Books for Young Children

Sunday, June 30, 8:30 - 10 a.m., McCormick Place Convention Center, Room S105d
Looking for a Caldecott Medal book to use in a story time? Wondering how artists create books for the youngest readers? This program focuses on Caldecott Medal and Honor books appropriate for babies and preschoolers. Caldecott Medalists Chris Raschka, Eric Rohmann, and Beth Krommes will discuss the joys and challenges of creating books for younger children. Megan Lambert from Simmons College will discuss using these books with the very young. Moderated by librarian Maria Salvadore, the program will examine how these books can be used effectively with young audiences.

Archives Alive: Caldecott at 75!

Sunday, 3 - 4 p.m., McCormick Place Convention Center, Room S102a
Curators from children’s literature collections across the country will present digitized images of original works from Caldecott Award winning illustrators, as well as Honor recipients. They will also present anecdotal information about how the holdings actually wound up with each collection. There will be a brief question and answer period.

Caldecott Anniversary Red Carpet at the Newbery-Caldecott-Wilder Banquet

Put on your glamour for the most memorable Banquet ever! Be ready to stroll the red carpet when the cash bar reception opens at 5:45. Jim Averbeck and his "Kidlit on the Red Carpet" team will do live interviews as revelers enjoy celebratory drinks, photo ops, and more as we prepare to honor this year's Newbery, Caldecott, and Wilder award winners. Can't make it to ALA Annual in Chicago? Stay posted for the Twitter hashtag and at-home activity guide. A dinner ticket is not necessary to enjoy the red carpet or the speeches, but maybe this is the year to splurge. More information at the banquet FAQs page.

ALSC Charlemae Rollins President's Program: Think with Your Eyes!

Monday, July 1, 2013 from 1 - 3 pm
Conclude our year-long Caldecott celebration at the ALSC President’s Program in Chicago by experiencing a powerful method of engaging with pictures—and then exploring the value of using the technique with children. Whether the images are masterpieces on a museum wall, part of a picture book narrative, or photographs and charts in a science text, understanding and appreciating what we see is a skill that can be developed. In part one of the program, Oren Slozberg, Executive Director of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), will invite audience participation as he introduces the process. This method has proven to be highly effective in public libraries and schools in developing observation skills, critical thinking, and civil discourse--powerful habits of mind across the curriculum and throughout life.  In part two, library and museum partners will demonstrate how collaboration adds up to more than the sum of its parts in supporting visual literacy. 
 
This free program offers the latest research and replicable models supporting the value of training children’s eyes and minds to observe, think, create, and innovate. Please join us! Follow this program at #alscprz13
 

Education Programs

Sunday, June 30, 2013 from 8:30 - 10 am
Looking for a Caldecott Medal book to use in a story time? Wondering how artists create books for the youngest readers? This program focuses on Caldecott Medal and Honor books appropriate for babies and preschoolers. Caldecott Medalists Chris Raschka, Eric Rohmann, and Beth Krommes will discuss the joys and challenges of creating books for younger children. Megan Lambert from Simmons College will discuss using these books with the very young. Moderated by librarian Maria Salvadore, the program will examine how these books can be used effectively with young audiences.
 
Sunday, June 30, 2013 from 3 - 4 pm
Curators from children’s literature collections across the country will present digitized images of original works from Caldecott Award winning illustrators, as well as Honor recipients. They will also present anecdotal information about how the holdings actually wound up with each collection. There will be a brief question and answer period.
 
Speakers: Ellen Ruffin, The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, Curator; Jeanne Lamb, New York Public Library, Coordinator, Youth Collections; Jeffrey Makala, Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library, University of South Carolina, Librarian for Special Collections; Karen Nelson Hoyle, The Children's Literature Research Collections (CLRC), Former Curator; Kathleen T. Horning, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), Director; Lisa Von Drasek, The Children's Literature Research Collections (CLRC), Curator; Suzan Alteri, Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, University of Florida, Curator; Terri Goldich, Northeast Children's Literature Collection, Curator.
 

The Art Institute of Chicago

Play, Pretend, and Dream: Caldecott Medal and Honor Books, 2010–2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013–Sunday, December 1, 2013 | Chicago, IL
This family exhibition celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Caldecott award by showcasing the magical world of children’s books with an illustration from each of the 16 books that have won the distinguished medal or honor award over the past four years.

This exhibit will be part of the 2013 ALSC Preconference, but the public is welcome to view the exhibit June - December when visiting the Art Institute of Chicago.

ALSC National Institute

Breakfast for Bill
September 20-22, 2012 | Indianapolis IN
The Caldecott Celebration kicked-off at the Institute's “Breakfast for Bill” program on Friday morning.  A panel discussion featured past Caldecott Award winners and honorees Denise Fleming, Kevin Henkes and Eric Rohmann, as well as the director of the Mazza Museum: International Art from Picture Books, Ben Sapp.  Read all about it on the ALSC blog.