September 10, 2026
The Caldecott Medal: How Picture Books Became a Serious Art Form
Since 1938, the Caldecott Medal has helped readers see children’s picture books as works of imagination, design, and artistic achievement.
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September 10, 2026
The Pura Belpré Award: How Children’s Books Began Making More Room for Latino Stories
Named for the first Puerto Rican librarian at the New York Public Library, the Pura Belpré Award helped bring Latino…
September 10, 2026
The Snowy Day: How Peter Opened a New Kind of Picture-Book World
Ezra Jack Keats’s 1962 classic made an ordinary snow day feel magical—and placed a Black child at the center of…