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We paid a visit to St. Augustine, Fla., where British author-illustrator and namesake of the prestigious Caldecott Medal Randolph Caldecott is buried, and where his legacy is honored in a special reading room at the St. Johns County Library. ....
But Caldecott s name still lives on children s bookshelves and libraries across the nation. Fifty-two years after his death, the American Library Association established the Randolph Caldecott Medal in his honor to recognize the previous year s most distinguished American picture book for children. They thought that he was the most logical person to name the medal after. Even though he wasn t an American, and the award only goes to Americans, said Art Boccieri, president of St. Augustine-based Randolph Caldecott Society of America and retired art and reading teacher. He was revered enough that people felt that he was the right person, so they ve been awarding the medal every single year since, Boccieri said. I think Caldecott and the medal are important for our children today because they need to be exposed to good literature and good illustrations. ....