Each year the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, awards the Caldecott Medal to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. You will find many of your childhood favorites on the list of past winners – “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats, for instance, or Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are.”

This year’s winner, Chris Raschka’s “A Ball for Daisy,” is sure to become another favorite, with its vivid colors and wordless story about a dog losing something it loves but gaining something greater in the process. Continue reading →