caldecott, randolph

"Meet Randolph Caldecott, the artist who revolutionized picture book illustration and for whom the prestigious Caldecott medal is named! . . . a lively, humorous, and energetically informative biography that celebrates the spirit of storytelling in art. Quick! If you don't move fast, you're going to miss him - there he goes - Randolph Caldecott, future famous illustrator. His sketchbook is full of hurly burly: wild weather, frisky animals, and people so sprightly they can barely hold onto the pages. But in the 1850s, there are no children's books like that. Not yet. Many books are published, but their pictures look stiff, full of pretty poses and cluttered scenery. No one has imagined how much fun an illustrated book could be - because the future hero of children's book illustration is still just a lad."--Provided by publisher.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Library, October 1986-January 1987"--t.p. verso. Bibliography: p. 110-111.

In the late nineteenth century, Randolph Caldecott was already a renowned illustrator when he devised a new means of telling a story--and gave rise to the modern-day picture book. Includes a list of books by Randolph Caldecott.

Examines the life of Randolph Caldecott, discussing his youth in England, his work as a bank clerk, his enrollment at the Manchester School of Art, his decision to pursue a career as an artist, and the establishment of an award for children's book illustrators in his name.

A biography of the nineteenth-century English illustrator of children's books, for whom the Caldecott medal is named.