Q. How do I find the acceptance speech for a Caldecott Medal winner?

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To locate the acceptance paper/speech for a Caldecott Medal winner, use the following sources:

Online
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/NCWBanquetRecordings

eBook
In the words of the winners: the Newberry and Caldcott medals, 2001-2010, winners of the most respected prizes in children's literature speak out in an exclusive collection of acceptance speeches.

Books

You will find the following Reference books in McKeldin Library on Fourth Floor:

• Caldecott medal books, 1938-1957, with the artists' acceptance papers & related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine
• Newbery and Caldecott medal books, 1956-1965, with the artists' acceptance papers & related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine
• Newbery and Caldecott medal books, 1966-1975, with the artists' acceptance papers & related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine
• Newbery and Caldecott medal books, 1976-1985, with the artists' acceptance papers & related material chiefly from the Horn book magazine
• Newbery and Caldecott medal books, 1986-2000, a comprehensive guide to the winners

Databases

Horn Book Magazine is electronically accessible from 1990 to the present. Transcripts of the winning illustrator's Caldecott Medal acceptance speech usually appear the July/August issue.

Current Periodicals and Microfilm

The most recent volume of Horn Book Magazine is available in McKeldin Library's Current Periodicals. Older issues of Horn Book Magazine are also available on microfilm from v.21:no.3- (1945:May- ) to the present. 

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