![]() Even then, it’s debatable whether or not this is the best known of all her books. ![]() ![]() At long last I settled on The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton, which came in at #32 on my 100 Picture Books Poll lo these many years ago. Let us change all of that at once! Sounds simple enough, yes? All I had to do was to find a Gold Medal Caldecott Award winning book illustrated by a woman that your average person on the street would be familiar with. Also, Kate hasn’t had a chance to look at a real Gold Medal Caldecott Award winner. Authors, yes, but the only woman we covered was Diana Souza (extra points if you can remember which famous book she illustrated). Then, this week, I decided that we just haven’t done enough women illustrators on our show. ![]() You know how folks talk all the time about how more men win the Caldecott Award than women? Well, I’ve always sort of ignored that statement, citing in my head all kinds of women from over the years. ![]()
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