Medal Man: An Illustrated Talk about the Artist Who Invented the Picture Book

In conjunction with the Carle Museum’s exhibition “Eighty Years of Caldecott Books,” Leonard will introduce the sly, fun-loving Victorian whose kinetic drawing style and keen feeling for life culminated in the invention of an art form the world has come to embrace: the children’s picture book. Celebrate this true original as the American Library Association marks the 80th anniversary of the coveted prize named for him: the Randolph Caldecott Medal. A book signing will follow.