The Newbery and Caldecott medals are awarded in what field of literature?
Caldecott Medal Caldecott Medal The Randolph Caldecott Medal annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children", beginning with 1937 publications. It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The Caldecott and Newbery Medals are the most prestigious American children's book awards. The award is named for Randolph Caldecott, a nineteenth-century English illustrator. Rene Paul Chambellan designed the Medal in 1937. The obverse scene is derived from Randolph Caldecott's front cover illustration for "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" (Routledge, 1878, an edition of
Caldecott Medal in the Snow" (Macmillan, 2017). The 2018 committee named four Caldecott Honor Books. The annual number of runners-up has ranged from one to six, same as for the Newbery Medal during the same timespan, from 1938. Indeed, for twenty years from 1993 to 2012 there were two to four Honors every year. Yellow background highlights the Medalists. Robert Lawson alone has won both a Caldecott Medal and a Newbery Medal, the 1941 Caldecott for "They Were Strong and Good" and the 1945 Newbery for "Rabbit Hill". He both wrote and illustrated both books. Illustrator Gail E. Haley has won both