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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 08:59:32 -0500
The discussion of photographs in the Caldecott books is a great segue to this week's theme of looking more closely at the art in Caldecott books.
Looking at art, of course, is what Caldecott committees do--intently and intensely. They must look at books that use a wide array of media, display many forms of artistic expresion and interpretation, and discuss (and ultimately compare) them using the award criteria, which are outlined below:
Caldecott Medal Criteria (source:
1. In identifying a "distinguished American picture book for children," defined as illustration, committee members need to consider: 1. Excellence of execution in the artistic technique employed; 2. Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept; 3. Appropriateness of style of illustration to the story, theme or concept; 4. Delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood or information through the pictures; 5. Excellence of presentation in recognition of a child audience. 2. The only limitation to graphic form is that the form must be one which may be used in a picture book. The book must be a self-contained entity, not dependent on other media (i.e., sound, film or computer program) for its enjoyment. 3. Each book is to be considered as a picture book. The committee is to make its decision primarily on the illustration, but other components of a book are to be considered especially when they make a book less effective as a children's picture book. Such other components might includ e the written text, the overall design of the book, etc.
Even reading it, it doesn't sound simple! The act of actually doing is surely monumental. But it gets done, year after year.
I think one of the things that is so interesting when looking at the Caldecott books each year is the variety of art you can see reflected among the winners and honors--the range of styles and media, the fact that pictoral brilliance can look so different from book to book--is exhillarating and enlightening.
Please feel free to approach this topic by looking at individual books and what you appreciated about the art, by discussion different types of media as reflected in Caldecott books, or in any other way that relates to the art itself.
And feel free to continue prior discussions as well--we just ask that you make sure your subject line is clear re. which topic you are addressing.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 21 May 2013 08:59:32 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 08:59:32 -0500
The discussion of photographs in the Caldecott books is a great segue to this week's theme of looking more closely at the art in Caldecott books.
Looking at art, of course, is what Caldecott committees do--intently and intensely. They must look at books that use a wide array of media, display many forms of artistic expresion and interpretation, and discuss (and ultimately compare) them using the award criteria, which are outlined below:
Caldecott Medal Criteria (source:
1. In identifying a "distinguished American picture book for children," defined as illustration, committee members need to consider: 1. Excellence of execution in the artistic technique employed; 2. Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept; 3. Appropriateness of style of illustration to the story, theme or concept; 4. Delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood or information through the pictures; 5. Excellence of presentation in recognition of a child audience. 2. The only limitation to graphic form is that the form must be one which may be used in a picture book. The book must be a self-contained entity, not dependent on other media (i.e., sound, film or computer program) for its enjoyment. 3. Each book is to be considered as a picture book. The committee is to make its decision primarily on the illustration, but other components of a book are to be considered especially when they make a book less effective as a children's picture book. Such other components might includ e the written text, the overall design of the book, etc.
Even reading it, it doesn't sound simple! The act of actually doing is surely monumental. But it gets done, year after year.
I think one of the things that is so interesting when looking at the Caldecott books each year is the variety of art you can see reflected among the winners and honors--the range of styles and media, the fact that pictoral brilliance can look so different from book to book--is exhillarating and enlightening.
Please feel free to approach this topic by looking at individual books and what you appreciated about the art, by discussion different types of media as reflected in Caldecott books, or in any other way that relates to the art itself.
And feel free to continue prior discussions as well--we just ask that you make sure your subject line is clear re. which topic you are addressing.
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 21 May 2013 08:59:32 AM CDT
