{"product_id":"tomfoolery-randolph-caldecott-and-the-rambunctious-coming-of-age-of-childrens-books-michelle-markel-hardcover","title":"Tomfoolery!: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-Of-Age of Children's Books -- Michelle Markel, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Picture Book of 2023\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2023 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIVE STARRED REVIEWS! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Exuberant.\"―\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Storytelling at its best.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Enduringly appealing.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] lively portrait.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Randolph Caldecott, the artist who revolutionized picture book illustration and for whom the prestigious Caldecott medal is named! From acclaimed picture book creators Michelle Markel and Barbara McClintock comes a lively, humorous, and energetically informative biography that celebrates the spirit of storytelling in art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuick! If you don't move fast, you'll miss him--there he goes--Randolph Caldecott, future famous illustrator. His \u003ci\u003esketchbook\u003c\/i\u003e is full of hurly-burly: wild weather, frisky animals, and people so sprightly they can barely hold onto the pages. But in the 1850s, there were no \u003ci\u003echildren's books\u003c\/i\u003e like that. Not yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany books are published, but their pictures look stiff, full of pretty poses and cluttered scenery. No one has imagined how much fun an illustrated book \u003ci\u003ecould\u003c\/i\u003e be because the future hero of children's book illustration is still just a lad. 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