Undated (1937-) Caldecott Medal for Most Distinguished American Picture Book for Children. By Rene Paul Chambellan. Bronze. Mint State.

57 mm. Obv: Derived from Randolph Caldecott's front cover illustration for The Diverting History of John Gilpin (Routledge, 1878, an edition of the 1782 poem by William Cowper), which depicts John Gilpin astride a runaway horse, inscription THE CALDECOTT / MEDAL above and below. Rev: Based on "Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie", one of Caldecott's illustrations for the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence", inscriptions FOR THE MOST DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN / PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN above, AWARDED ANNUALLY BY / THE CHILDREN'S AND SCHOOL / LIBRARIANS . SECTIONS . OF . THE / AMERICAN . LIBRARY . ASSOCIATION below. Edge: Stamped MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. at 6 o'clock.

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