The winner of the Caldecott Medal this year, honoring the artist of the most distinguished American picture book, was “Chooch ...

The books The First State of Being and Chooch Helped have won the Newbery and the Caldecott awards, respectively — the biggest honors in children's literature. The awards were announced Monday ...

"Chooch Helped," written by Andrea L. Rogers, was the first book Kunz ever illustrated, so she was especially stunned to learn of her win. "I am overjoyed," Kunz said. "It has been a surreal and ...

Artist Rebecca Lee Kunz’s three daughters—ages 11, 14, and 17—were making art on the family’s kitchen table when she received the call that her debut picture book, Chooch Helped (Levine ...