Resources

Books and Films by Gerald McDermott

As Author and Illustrator

  • 1972 Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
  • 1973 The Magic Tree: A Tale from the Congo
  • 1974 Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale
  • 1975 The Stone-cutter: A Japanese Tale
  • 1977 The Voyage of Osiris
  • 1979 The Knight of the Lion
  • 1980 Papagayo: The Mischief Maker
  • 1980 Sunflight
  • 1984 Daughter of Earth: A Roman Myth
  • 1986 Daniel O’Rourke: An Irish Tale
  • 1990 Tim O’Toole and the Wee Folk: An Irish Tale
  • 1992 Zomo The Rabbit: A Trickster Tale From West Africa
  • 1993 Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
  • 1994 Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
  • 1994 Musicians of the Sun
  • 1998 The Fox and the Stork
  • 2001 Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon
  • 2003 Creation
  • 2009 Pig-Boy: A Trickster Tale from Hawai’i
  • 2011 Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India

As illustrator

  • 1981 Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio by Marianna Mayer
  • 1985 Alley Oop! by Marianna Mayer
  • 1985 Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Marianna Mayer
  • 1985 The Spirit of the Blue Light (A German Folktale) by Marianna Mayer
  • 1987 The Brambleberrys Animal Book of Big & Small Shapes by Marianna Mayer
  • 1987 The Brambleberrys Animal Alphabet ABC by Marianna Mayer
  • 1987 The Brambleberrys Animal Book of Colors by Marianna Mayer
  • 1991 The Brambleberrys Animal Book of Counting by Marianna Mayer
  • 1991 Marcel the Pastry Chef by Marianna Mayer
  • 2004 Can Turtle Fly? : A Lakota Tale by Joseph Bruchac

Short Films

Awards

Awards for Illustration

  • Caldecott Medal
  • Caldecott Honor Award (2-time winner)
  • Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
  • Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award (2-time winner)
  • Brooklyn Museum Art Books for Children (5-time winner)
  • ALA Notable Book (5-time winner)
  • ABA’s Pick of the Lists (3-time winner)
  • Booklist Editor’s Choice
  • Sesame Street Parents Best book
  • PEN West – Best Children’s Book 1995
  • AESOP Accolade – American Folklore Society 1997

Film Awards

  • Silver Lion, Venice International Film Festival
  • Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival
  • Red Ribbon, American Film Festival
  • Zellerbach Award, San Francisco Film Festival
  • CINE Golden Eagle (5-time winner)
  • Chris Award, Columbus Film Festival
  • First Prize, Birmingham Film Festival
  • Silver Mermaid, Odense Fairy Tale Festival
  • Film Critics Award, Sri Lanka International Film Festival Landers
  • Associates Award of Merit

Special Screenings

  • Annecy Film Festival Berlin Film Festival
  • Vancouver Film Festival
  • Zagreb Film Festival
  • White House Conference on Children
  • Everson Museum, Syracuse
  • Museum of Modern Art, NY
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
  • Whitney Museum of Art, NY

Featured on Television

  • Trickster Tales: An Artist’s Journey Emmy-winning PBS documentary 1995
  • Get To Know Gerald McDermott, documentary, Harcourt 1995
  • Dreamweaver, documentary, University of South Carolina 2003

Selected Print Resources

A scholarly review of Gerald McDermott’s work up to 1982
Gerald McDermott’s Typewritten Acceptance Speech for the 1975 Caldecott Award
Interview in Book Links magazine, May 1995
A resource for teachers and librarians to aid in teaching comprehension strategies.

Acknowledgements

Our thanks to:

Geoffrey Alexander – AFANA
Candace and Raye Birk
Ed Breland
Marilyn and Harrison Engle
Joseph Campbell Foundation
Karen Sperling

For their assistance in collecting materials for this website