It gets it's name after Randolph Caldecott, because he was the first illustrator to win the illustrator of children's picture book.
The Caldecott medal is made out of bronze
It was named after Randolph Caldecott - a nineteenth-century English illustrator.
The Caldecott medal is made out of bronze
Caldecott Medal was created in 1938.
Rick Caldecott
Médaille Caldecott.
The Caldecott medal was not awarded for the first time until 1938.
the caldecott medal was made and designed by René Paul Chambellan in 1937.
Caldecott MedalNewbery Medal
The medal is bronze.
The back of the medal has an illustration of Caldecott's from the poem "Sing a Song of Sixpence."
Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field won the Caldecott Medal in 1945.