Grave of children's author Randolph Caldecott located in St. Augustine
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 enoug...