Birthday of Randolph Caldecott

ChuckB writes The Writer’s Almanac for today (March 22) reports that on this day in 1846 the English illustrator Randolph Caldecott was born. He is of course the namesake of the Caldecott Medal, awarded annually “to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children” (ALA Caldecott site). Anyone who has done reference work in a public library for long will have at one time learned many of the titles and authors of the award books by heart, simply by dint of having helped so many patrons to track down the books.”