The Ultimate Caldecott Database is Ready for You

I’ve been writing about the Caldecott Medal for nearly twenty years (!) on this blog, and every time I’d try to track down specific information about the award, it was a pain.

So I (finally) did something about it.

For the last few months, I’ve been building The Ultimate Caldecott Database. Sure, it’s a place where you can see all the Medal and Honor winners since 1938, but it’s also a searchable resource that gets IN DEPTH. It also includes:

• Illustrator demographics
• Artistic mediums
• Publisher information
• Page/word counts
• Behind-the-scenes details

And maybe my favorite part: I’ve added archive.org links so you can actually check out and read many of the books online.

I made it so I won’t be pulling my hair out researching my next Caldecott-related blog post here, but it’s also perfect for:

• School/Public librarians
• Library directors (you whole staff would benefit, IMHO)
• Committee members
• Mock Caldecott organizers
• Children’s lit professors, academics, and researchers
• Fans/supporters of the award

It’s a living document, and it’s ready to share. To make it sustainable for me, I’ve made the database accessible to all paid subscribers of my Substack newsletter. Click the link below to head over.

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