Randolph Caldecott is best known as the namesake of the award that honours picture book illustrations, and in this inventive biography, leading children's literature scholar Leonard Marcus examines the man behind the medal. In an era when the steam engine fuelled an industrial revolution and train travel exploded people's experience of space and time, Caldecott was inspired by his surroundings to capture action, movement, and speed in a way that had never before been seen in children's picture books. Thoroughly researched and featuring extensive archival material and a treasure trove of previously unpublished drawings, including some from Caldecott's very last sketchbook, Leonard Marcus' luminous biography shows why Caldecott was indeed the father of the modern picture book and how his influence lives on in the books we love today.
- ISBN10 0374310254
- ISBN13 9780374310257
- Publish Date 27 August 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 August 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
- Edition Annotated edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 64
- Language English