From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 17:40:15 -0600

Judy (and others interested in the establishment of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards):

Much has been written about about the development and history of these two awards. A good place to start is "The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books" published by the American Library Association. A more thorough description of the creation of and early development of the awards is provided in Irene Smith's "A History of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals" (Viking, 1957). Your local public library would no doubt have these books, as well as a wealth of other books and articles on the awards and the award-winners through the years. The history has been well-documented and any librarian would know just how to help you find it!

If you have access to the World Wide Web, you might enjoy visiting the Official ALA Newbery and Caldecott Awards pages. The URL for each one is:
   www.ala.org/alsc.newbery.html
            and
   www.ala.org/alsc.caldecott.html

Kathleen Horning Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison


Marc,

I appreciate your thoughts on the subject. Do you know the original reason behind the creation of these awards?

Judy Enderle Author
Received on Thu 05 Feb 1998 05:40:15 PM CST