Frederic G. Melcher
Melcher proposed the Caldecott Medal in 1937 to honor children's picture books. Named for British illustrator Randolph Caldecott, the medal is presented annually for the "most distinguished picture book for children".
Robert McCloskey
McCloskey won a second Caldecott Medal in 1958 for "Time of Wonder". Meanwhile, he had been a runner-up in 1949 for "Blueberries for Sal", in 1953 for "One Morning in Maine", and in 1954 for "JourneyCake, Ho!", the latter written by his mother-in-law Sawyer. In a 1958 magazine article titled "Bob McCloskey, Inventor", another Medal winner Marc Simont observed that "[his] talent for devising mechanical contraptions is topped only by his ability to turn out books that carry off the Caldecott Medal."