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Query: Who is the Caldecott Medal named for?
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 the 1782 poem by William Cowper), which depicts Gilpin astride a runaway horse.[2][3] The reverse is based on "Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie", one of Caldecott's illustrations for the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence".
"Yo! Yes?" was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1994 but Raschka may be most famous for his "Hello, Goodbye Window", winner of the 2006 Caldecott Medal, and his book "A Ball for Daisy," which won the 2012 Caldecott Medal. 
Randolph Caldecott (; 22 March 1846 – 12 February 1886) was an English artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honour. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognised by the Royal Academy. Caldecott greatly influenced illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century. Two books illustrated by him, priced at a shilling each, were published every Christmas for eight years.
When the Circle Line was initially planned, this station was planned to be a shell station, to be opened only when the surroundings are more developed and was commonly named "Thomson", named after the Thomson constituency that was being visible from 1980 to 1991, and subsequently absorbed into the Thomson GRC. It was only announced quite later that Caldecott will be opened with the Stage 4 on 11 January 2007, and the station name was renamed to "Caldecott", which is named after the Caldecott Hill, a private housing estate and was a home to the MediaCorp Campus from 1963 to 2016, and was also named after the colonial master, Sir Andrew Caldecott who had served in various posts for nearly three decades. The station opened on 8 October 2011.
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, written by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, is a 1962 pictures book published by HarperCollins. It was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1963 and was one of Sendak's Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of seven during his career. Sendak won the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for "Where the Wild Things Are", which he both authored and illustrated. "Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present" was re-issued by HarperCollins in 1999 in hardcover format as part of a project to re-issue 22 Sendak works, including several authored by Zolotow.
Melcher proposed the Caldecott Medal in 1937 to honor children's picture books. Named for British illustrator Randolph Caldecott, the medal is presented annually for the "most distinguished picture book for children".
In Singapore, Caldecott Hill, Caldecott Close, Caldecott MRT Station and Andrew Road are named after him, and Olive Road is named after his first wife.
Beside the Caldecott Medal, the committee awards a variable number of citations to worthy runners-up, called the Caldecott Honors or Caldecott Honor Books. The "Honor" was introduced in 1971, but some runners-up had been identified annually and all those runners-up were retroactively named Caldecott Honor Books.[2] The number of Honors or runners-up had always been one to five, and it had been two to four since 1994, until five were named in 2013 and six in 2015. The Honor Books must be a subset of the runners-up on the final ballot, either the leading runners-up on that ballot or the leaders on one further ballot that excludes the winner.[4]
Tuesday, written and illustrated by David Wiesner, is a 1991 picture book published by Clarion Books. "Tuesday" received the 1992 Caldecott Medal for illustrations and was Wiesner's first of three Caldecott Medals that he has won during his career. Wiesner subsequently won the Caldecott Medal in 2002 for "The Three Pigs", and the 2007 medal for "Flotsam".
David Wiesner, multiple Caldecott Medal winning illustrator, recalled watching Jon Gnagy every Saturday morning, and says ""this" guy was an artist." Richard Egielski, also a "Caldecott Medal" winner said "I loved the Jon Gnagy show."
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.
The Provensens were a runner-up for the 1982 Caldecott Medal as illustrators of "A Visit to William Blake's Inn" by Nancy Willard (who won the companion Newbery Medal). Two years later they won the Caldecott for "The Glorious Flight", the story of aviator Louis Blériot, the first man to fly solo across the English Channel, which they also wrote. The annual award by U.S. professional librarians recognizes the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". Eight of their books were named to "The New York Times" annual Ten Best Illustrated Books, including "Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm" (1974) and "An Owl and Three Pussycats" (1981). The couple were collaborative illustrators for Donald Waxman's "Pagaents for Piano," a series of pedagogical primers.
The Caldecott Medal is an award for children's book illustration.
David Small (born February 12, 1945) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's picture books. His books have been awarded a Caldecott Medal and two Caldecott Honors, among other recognition.
-"A Caldecott Celebration: Six Artists and Their Paths to the Caldecott Medal" (Walker, 1998)
‡ As an illustrator Ets won the annual Caldecott Medal in 1960 for "Nine Days to Christmas" and she was one of the runners-up five times from 1945 to 1966 (exceeded only by Maurice Sendak). Since 1971 the runners-up are called Caldecott Honor Books, but some runners-up had been identified annually and all those runners-up were retroactively named Caldecott Honor Books. The number of Honors or runners-up had always been one to five, and it had been two to four since 1994, until five were named in 2013 and six in 2015. The Honor Books must be a subset of the runners-up on the final ballot, either the leading runners-up on that ballot or the leaders on one further ballot that excludes the winner.
Illustrator Gail E. Haley has won both the Caldecott and the Kate Greenaway Medal, the comparable British award for children's book illustration (not restricted to picture books). She won the Caldecott for A Story a Story (Atheneum Books, 1970) and the Greenaway for The Post Office Cat (The Bodley Head, 1976). Haley and her second husband lived in England from 1973 to 1980.[12] From about 2000 the British award is open to all illustrators.
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).[1] The Caldecott and Newbery Medals are the most prestigious American children's book awards.
The Emperor and the Kite, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young, is a 1967 picture book. "The Emperor and the Kite" was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1968 and was Young's first Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of three during his career. Young won the Caldecott Medal in 1968 for "The Emperor and the Kite", which he illustrated.
Caldecott Hill is named after respected British colonial administrator and former Governor of Hong Kong Sir Andrew Caldecott, who had served in various posts around British Malaya (Officer Administering the Government of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States in 1934) for nearly three decades.
The latest winner of the Caldecott Medal, awarded in 2019, is Sophie Blackall for Hello Lighthouse (Little, Brown, 2018).[10]
Kevin Henkes (born November 27, 1960) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. As an illustrator he won the Caldecott Medal for "Kitten's First Full Moon" (2004). Two of his books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, "Olive's Ocean" in 2004 and "The Year of Billy Miller" in 2014. His picture book "Waiting" was named both a 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and a Geisel Honor Book. It was only the second time any author has won that combination of awards.
Andy and the Lion, written and illustrated by James Daugherty, is a 1938 picture book published by Puffin Books. "Andy and the Lion" was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1939 and was Daugherty's first Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of two during his career. Daughetry won the Caldecott Medal in 1957 for "Gillespie and the Guards", which he both authored and Illustrated. "Andy and the Lion" was re-issued by Viking Press in 1967 in hardcover format. It was the fifteenth printing of March 1967. A modern retelling of the Androcles And The Lion common folktale about a young boy who loves to read about lions.
Two people have won three Caldecott Medals.
One of her illustrated books, "Small Rain: Verses from the Bible", was named a Caldecott Honor Book in 1944 and another, "Prayer for a Child" (story by Rachel Field), won the Caldecott Medal in 1945, recognizing the year's "most distinguished picture book for children" published in the United States.