Picture BooksAndrea Pfiester

Eleanor Klement Kenya Pennington

What is a picture book?

“A picture book is a book in which the illustrations are as important as (or even more important than) the words in telling the story”

Types of Picture BooksABC BooksCounting BooksConcept BooksParticipation BooksWordless Picture Books

Predictable BooksBeginning Reader Picture BooksPicture StorybooksEngineered BooksBaby/Board Books

The Caldecott MedalNamed in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph CaldecottAwarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children

Caldecott Authors and Illustrators

Brian FlocaLocomotive, written and illustrated by Brian Floca won the 2014 Medal “The committee was impressed with Floca’s ability to creatively capture the immensity and inner workings of the early locomotive and combine it with a family’s adventurous journey west,” said Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Marion Hanes Rutsch

David WiesnerAuthor/Illustrator of many wordless picture booksHas won 3 Caldecott Medals:

Tuesday in 1992The Three Pigs in 2002Flotsam in 2007

Caldecott Honor Books:Free FallSector 7Mr. Wuffles!

Spends several years creating each new book

Chris RaschkaAuthor/Illustrator of over 50 children’s booksFirst book Charlie Parker Played Be Bop was published in 1992 1994 Caldecott Honor for Yo? Yes!

2006 Caldecott Medal for The Hello, Goodbye Window

Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead

Husband and Wife Author/Illustrator teamA Sick Day for Amos McGee , written by Philip and illustrated by Erin won the Caldecott award in 2010

Susan Marie SwansonPoet and picture book authorThe House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, won the Caldecott Medal in 2009Other Notable Works:

To Be Like the SunThe First Thing My Mama Told Me

Other Notable Authors and Illustrators

“On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice

of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one

cupcake, and one slice of watermelon. That night he had a

stomach ache.” ― Eric Carle, The Very Hungry

Caterpillar

Eric CarleThe Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969 His first wholly original book was 1,2,3 to the Zoo Art work is created in collage technique The Very Hungry Caterpillar has won numerous awards, including an American Institute of Graphic Arts Award in 1970, the Selection du Grand Prix des Treize in France in 1972, and the Nakamori Reader's Prize in Japan in 1975 2012  School Library Journal sponsored a survey of readers which identified The Very Hungry Caterpillar as the number two children's picture book, behind only Where the Wild Things Are

“And Max the king of all wild things was lonely and wanted to

be where someone loved him best of all.” 

― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice SendakWhere the Wild Things Are was written in 1963 Best known for illustrating Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear

He illustrated for the first five original Little Bear books

Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri

Rubin writes and Salmieri illustrates Secret Pizza Party was published in 2013 Publishers Weekly said “Rubin and Salmieri are two of the weirdest funniest guys working in kids’ lit today.”

Ezra Jack KeatsAuthor and IllustratorFamous Works include The Snowy Day

Won the Caldecott medal in 1963, old but still a classic

Applauded for using “minority children as central characters”The Snowy Day aided in breaking the “color barrier in mainstream children’s publishing”

Shel Silverstein Illustrator and PoetFamous works include The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Falling Up

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to

the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts.

Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...

Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." –Shel Silverstein, Listen to the

mustn’ts

David ShannonIllustrator and AuthorFamous written works inlcude, It’s Christmas, David! and A Bad Case of The Stripes

Famous illustrated works include, The Rough-Face Girl and Encounter

Jon KlassenAuthor and IllustratorFamous works/illustrations include:

This is Not My Hat (He won a Caldecott medal for his illustrations)I Want My Hat Back The Dark (written by Lemony Snicket) worked on the animation for the movie, “Kung Fu Panda”

Bob StaakeAuthor and IllustratorFamous works include:

Bluebird (named one of the notable books of 2013 by the NY Times)The First Pup (about Bo, the White House Dog)

Put together a story!

Bibliography Carle, E. (1969). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York: World Publishing Company.Floca, B. (2013). Locomotive. Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books.Juster, N. (2005). The Hello, Goodbye Window. United States: Hyperion Book CHKlassen, J. (2012). This is Not My Hat. Somerville: Candlewick.Muldrow, D. (2011). Where Do Giggles Come From? New York: Golden Books.Raschka, C. (2011). A Ball for Daisy. New York: Schwartz & Wade.Raschka, C. (1993). Yo? Yes! United States: Scholastic, Inc.Raschka, C. (1997). Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. United States: Scholastic, Inc.Rubin, A. (2013). Secret Pizza Party. New York: Dial.Sendak, M. (1963). Where the Wild Things are. New York: Harper & Row.Shannon, D. (2010). It’s Christmas, David! New York. Blue Sky Press.Stead, P. (2010). A Sick Day for Amos McGee. United States: Roaring Brook Press.Swanson, S. The House in the Night. (2008). United States: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Swanson, S. (2008). To Be Like the Sun. United States: Harcourt Children's BooksSwanson, S. (2002). The First Thing My Mama Told Me. United States: Harcourt Children's BooksKennedy, E. (n.d.). Picture Book: The Definition. About.com Children's Books. Retrieved February 2, 2014, from http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/childre

Bibliography cont.The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation – Written & Illustrated by Ezra. (n.d.). The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Written Illustrated by Ezra Comments. Retrieved February 2, 2014, from http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/ezras-books-characters/written-illustrated-by-ezra/Wiesner, D. (2006). Flotsam. United States: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Wiesner, D. (1991). Tuesday. United States: HMH Books for Young ReadersWiesner, D. (2001). The Three Pigs. United States: Clarion Books.Wiesner, D. (1988). Free Fall. United States: Harper Collis Books.Wiesner, D. (1999). Sector 7. United States: Clarion Books.Wiesner, D. (2013). Mr. Wuffles. United States: Clarion Books.Wise Brown, M. (1947). Goodnight Moon. United States: Harper & Brothers