Reading The Art In Caldecott Award Books: A Guide To The Illustrations

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration. This book includes many useful components: -Short entries about fifty-six books -Information on styles and media -Artistic analysis of the illustrations -Appendixes on selected sources for further reading, Randolph Caldecott Medal terms and criteria, bibliography of entries, and a list of Caldecott winners -Glossary of art terms - Indexes of author-illustrator-title, media, and style This book, used as a handbook in conjunction with Caldecott Award books, provides readers with ready-to-use information they can share with children and others, while helping to build confidence in one's ability to talk about art in all picture books.

• • Author: Heidi K. Hammond, Gail D. Nordstrom
• • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• • Publication Date: Aug 14, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 280 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1442239220
• • ISBN-13: 9781442239227