Baboushka and the Three Kings
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Baboushka and the Three Kings is a book by Ruth Robbins and illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
. Released by Parnassas, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal
for illustration
in 1961.
Nicolas Sidjakov
Nicholas Sidjakov is a Latvian-American illustrator of children's books. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and moved to the United States in 1954...
. Released by Parnassas, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
in 1961.