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1 Picture Books Andrea Pfiester Eleanor Klement Kenya Pennington

2 What is a picture book? “A picture book is a book in which the illustrations are as important as (or even more important than) the words in telling the story”

3 Types of Picture Books ABC Books Counting Books Concept Books Participation Books Wordless Picture Books Predictable Books Beginning Reader Picture Books Picture Storybooks Engineered Books Baby/Board Books

4 The Caldecott Medal Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children

5 Caldecott Authors and Illustrators

6 Brian Floca Locomotive, written and illustrated by Brian Floca won the 2014 Medal “The committee was impressed with Floca’s ability to creatively capture the immensity and inner workings of the early locomotive and combine it with a family’s adventurous journey west,” said Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Marion Hanes Rutsch

7 David Wiesner Author/Illustrator of many wordless picture books Has won 3 Caldecott Medals: Tuesday in 1992 The Three Pigs in 2002 Flotsam in 2007 Caldecott Honor Books: Free Fall Sector 7 Mr. Wuffles! Spends several years creating each new book

8 Chris Raschka Author/Illustrator of over 50 children’s books First book Charlie Parker Played Be Bop was published in 1992 1994 Caldecott Honor for Yo? Yes! 2006 Caldecott Medal for The Hello, Goodbye Window

9 Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead Husband and Wife Author/Illustrator team A Sick Day for Amos McGee, written by Philip and illustrated by Erin won the Caldecott award in 2010

10 Susan Marie Swanson Poet and picture book author The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, won the Caldecott Medal in 2009 Other Notable Works: To Be Like the Sun The First Thing My Mama Told Me

11 Other Notable Authors and Illustrators

12 “On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon. That night he had a stomach ache.” ― Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

13 Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969 His first wholly original book was 1,2,3 to the Zoo Art work is created in collage technique The Very Hungry Caterpillar has won numerous awards, including an American Institute of Graphic Arts Award in 1970, the Selection du Grand Prix des Treize in France in 1972, and the Nakamori Reader's Prize in Japan in 1975 2012 School Library Journal sponsored a survey of readers which identified The Very Hungry Caterpillar as the number two children's picture book, behind only Where the Wild Things Are

14 “And Max the king of all wild things was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.” ― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

15 Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are was written in 1963 Best known for illustrating Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear He illustrated for the first five original Little Bear books

16 Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri Rubin writes and Salmieri illustrates Secret Pizza Party was published in 2013 Publishers Weekly said “Rubin and Salmieri are two of the weirdest funniest guys working in kids’ lit today.”

17 Ezra Jack Keats Author and Illustrator Famous Works include The Snowy Day Won the Caldecott medal in 1963, old but still a classic Applauded for using “minority children as central characters” The Snowy Day aided in breaking the “color barrier in mainstream children’s publishing”

18 Shel Silverstein Illustrator and Poet Famous works include The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Falling Up

19 "Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." –Shel Silverstein, Listen to the mustn’ts

20 David Shannon Illustrator and Author Famous written works inlcude, It’s Christmas, David! and A Bad Case of The Stripes Famous illustrated works include, The Rough-Face Girl and Encounter

21 Jon Klassen Author and Illustrator Famous works/illustrations include: This is Not My Hat (He won a Caldecott medal for his illustrations) I Want My Hat Back The Dark (written by Lemony Snicket) worked on the animation for the movie, “Kung Fu Panda”

22 Bob Staake Author and Illustrator Famous works include: Bluebird (named one of the notable books of 2013 by the NY Times) The First Pup (about Bo, the White House Dog)

23 Put together a story!

24 Bibliography Carle, E. (1969). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York: World Publishing Company. Floca, B. (2013). Locomotive. Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books. Juster, N. (2005). The Hello, Goodbye Window. United States: Hyperion Book CH Klassen, J. (2012). This is Not My Hat. Somerville: Candlewick. Muldrow, D. (2011). Where Do Giggles Come From? New York: Golden Books. Raschka, C. (2011). A Ball for Daisy. New York: Schwartz & Wade. Raschka, C. (1993). Yo? Yes! United States: Scholastic, Inc. Raschka, C. (1997). Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. United States: Scholastic, Inc. Rubin, A. (2013). Secret Pizza Party. New York: Dial. Sendak, M. (1963). Where the Wild Things are. New York: Harper & Row. Shannon, D. (2010). It’s Christmas, David! New York. Blue Sky Press. Stead, P. (2010). A Sick Day for Amos McGee. United States: Roaring Brook Press. Swanson, S. The House in the Night. (2008). United States: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Swanson, S. (2008). To Be Like the Sun. United States: Harcourt Children's Books Swanson, S. (2002). The First Thing My Mama Told Me. United States: Harcourt Children's Books Kennedy, E. (n.d.). Picture Book: The Definition. About.com Children's Books. Retrieved February 2, 2014, from http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/childre

25 Bibliography cont. The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation – Written & Illustrated by Ezra. (n.d.). The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Written Illustrated by Ezra Comments. Retrieved February 2, 2014, from http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/ezras-books-characters/written- illustrated-by-ezra/ Wiesner, D. (2006). Flotsam. United States: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Wiesner, D. (1991). Tuesday. United States: HMH Books for Young Readers Wiesner, D. (2001). The Three Pigs. United States: Clarion Books. Wiesner, D. (1988). Free Fall. United States: Harper Collis Books. Wiesner, D. (1999). Sector 7. United States: Clarion Books. Wiesner, D. (2013). Mr. Wuffles. United States: Clarion Books. Wise Brown, M. (1947). Goodnight Moon. United States: Harper & Brothers


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