Publisher’s Weekly: Thai American wins Caldecott Literary Award

Thai American Dan Santat has been  named the 2015 recipient of the Caldecott Medal (Photo by Rita Crayon Huang) .

The award goes to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Santat won for his work on the award-winning book, The Adventures of Beekle, which he both wrote and illustrated.

The story is about an imaginary friend who ventures into the real world in search of a companion. According to Santat, the book is dedicated to his son whose first word for bicycle was “beekle.”

Santat will be honored by the American Library Association(ALA) in June.

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To learn more about Santat’s work and his reaction to winning the Caldecott, visit Publisher’s Weekly.

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