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The Randolph Caldecott Medal annually recognizes the preceding year’s most distinguished American picture book for children beginning with 1937 publications. It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) a division of the American Library Association (ALA).The Caldecott and Newbery Medals are the most prestigious American children’s book awards.The award is named for Randolph Caldecott a nineteenth-century English illustrator.