Some Randolph Caldecott eBooks
/14 books by artist/illustrator Randolph Caldecott are the ‘books of the week’ – all freely available from Internet Archive. He was a British and illustrator who died in 1886 so half of these were published after his death. Enjoy the sample images and follow the links to see more!
The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate (1883)
The three jovial horsemen (1890)
The house that Jack built (1878)
The Farmer's Boy (1881)
He began the trends we still see in picture books today! The positioning of pictures and words…the reduction in words when pictures tell the story…etc. The Caldecott Medal is name after him; it is an annual award for “"most distinguished American picture book for children" and was first awarded in 1938.
