Beyond the annual Medal winner usually a couple or so of books are honored as well. As with the Caldecott Medal, the honors are awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
Click below for a complete list of the honor winners, hotlinked to the book when it is in print.
2007 Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet By David McLimans (Walker)
2007 Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun)
2006 Rosa Illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company)
2006 Zen Shorts Illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
2006 Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride Illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. (An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
2006 Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems Illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
2005 The Red Book By Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
2005 Coming on Home Soon Illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Son's/Penguin Young Readers Group)
2005 Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Illustrated and written by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for Children)
2004 Ella Sarah Gets Dressed By Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt, Inc.)
2004 What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? Illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. (Houghton Mifflin Company)
2004 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus By Mo Willems. (Hyperion)
2003 The Spider and the Fly Illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
2003 Hondo & Fabian By Peter McCarty (Henry Holt & Co.)
2003 Noah's Ark By Jerry Pinkney (SeaStar Books, a division of North-South Books Inc.)
2002 The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley (Scholastic)
2002 Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
2002 The Stray Dog By Marc Simont (HarperCollins)
2001 Casey at the Bat Illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer (Handprint)
2001 Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type Illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin (Simon & Schuster)
2001 Olivia By Ian Falconer (Atheneum)
2000 A Child's Calendar Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Text: John Updike (Holiday House)
2000 Sector 7 By David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
2000 When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry By Molly Bang (Scholastic)
2000 The Ugly Duckling Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow)
1999 Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and the Orchestra Illustrated by Brian Pinkney Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney(Hyperion)
1999 No, David! By David Shannon (Scholastic)
1999 Snow By Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
1999 Tibet Through the Red Box By Peter Sís (Frances Foster)
1998 The Gardener Illustrated by David Small Text: Sarah Stewart (Farrar)
1998 Harlem Illustrated by Christopher Myers Text: Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic)
1998 There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly By Simms Taback (Viking)
1997 Hush! A Thai Lullaby Illustrated by Holly Meade; text: Minfong Ho (Melanie Kroupa/Orchard Books)
1997 The Graphic Alphabet By David Pelletier (Orchard Books)
1997 The Paperboy By Dav Pilkey (Richard Jackson/Orchard Books)
1997 Starry Messenger By Peter Sís (Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux)
1996 Alphabet City By Stephen T. Johnson (Viking)
1996 Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violion Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman; text: Lloyd Moss (Simon & Schuster)
1996 The Faithful Friend Illustrated by Brian Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Simon & Schuster)
1996 Tops & Bottoms Adapted and Illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)
1995 John Henry Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Julius Lester (Dial)
1995 Swamp Angel Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: Anne Issacs (Dutton)
1995 Time Flies By Eric Rohmann (Crown)
1994 Peppe the Lamplighter Illustrated by Ted Lewin; text: Elisa Bartone (Lothrop)
1994 In the Small, Small Pond By Denise Fleming (Holt)
1994 Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest By Gerald McDermott (Harcourt)
1994 Owen By Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
1994 Yo! Yes? Illustrated by Chris Raschka; text: edited by Richard Jackson (Orchard)
1993 The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Illustrated by Lane Smith; text: Jon Scieszka (Viking)
1993 Seven Blind Mice By Ed Young (Philomel Books)
1993 Working Cotton Illustrated by Carole Byard; text: Sherley Anne Williams (Harcourt)
1992 Tar Beach By Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers, Inc., a Random House Co.)
1991 Puss in Boots Illustrated by Fred Marcellino; text: Charles Perrault, trans. by Malcolm Arthur (Di Capua/Farrar)
1991 More More More, Said the Baby: Three Love Stories By Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)
1990 Bill Peet: An Autobiography By Bill Peet (Houghton)
1990 Color Zoo By Lois Ehlert (Lippincott)
1990 The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Robert D. San Souci (Dial)
1990 Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman; text: Eric Kimmel (Holiday House)
1989 The Boy of the Three-Year Nap Illustrated by Allen Say; text: Diane Snyder (Houghton)
1989 Free Fall By David Wiesner (Lothrop)
1989 Goldilocks and the Three Bears http://www.ttmd.com/rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=272&upc=0688055842 By James Marshall (Dial)
1989 Mirandy and Brother Wind Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text: Patricia C. McKissack (Knopf)
1988 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale By John Steptoe (Lothrop)
1987 The Village of Round and Square Houses By Ann Grifalconi (Little, Brown)
1987 Alphabatics By Suse MacDonald (Bradbury)
1987 Rumpelstiltskin By Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)
1986 The Relatives Came Illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury)
1986 King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Illustrated by Don Wood; text: Audrey Wood (Harcourt)
1985 Hansel and Gretel Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky; text: retold by Rika Lesser (Dodd)
1985 Have You Seen My Duckling? By Nancy Tafuri (Greenwillow)
1985 The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend Retold and Illustrated by John Steptoe (Lothrop)
1984 Little Red Riding Hood Retold and Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (Holiday)
1984 Ten, Nine, Eight By Molly Bang (Greenwillow)
1983 A Chair for My Mother By Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow)
1983 When I Was Young in the Mountains Illustrated by Diane Goode; text: Cynthia Rylant (Dutton)
1982 Where the Buffaloes Begin Illustrated by Stephen Gammell; text: Olaf Baker (Warne)
1982 On Market Street Illustrated by Anita Lobel; text: Arnold Lobel (Greenwillow)
1982 Outside Over There By Maurice Sendak (Harper)
1982 A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers Illustrated by Alice & Martin Provensen; text: Nancy Willard (Harcourt)
1981 The Bremen-Town Musicians Retold and illustrated by Ilse Plume (Doubleday)
1981 The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher By Molly Bang (Four Winds)
1981 Mice Twice By Joseph Low (McElderry/Atheneum)
1981 Truck By Donald Crews (Greenwillow)
1980 Ben's Trumpet By Rachel Isadora (Greenwillow)
1980 The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi By Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
1980 The Treasure By Uri Shulevitz (Farrar)
1979 Freight Train By Donald Crews (Greenwillow)
1979 The Way to Start a Day Illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
1978 Castle By David Macaulay (Houghton)
1978 It Could Always Be Worse Retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach (Farrar)
1977 The Amazing Bone By William Steig (Farrar)
1977 The Contest Retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Greenwillow)
1977 Fish for Supper By M. B. Goffstein (Dial)
1977 The Golem: A Jewish Legend By David Wisniewski, illusttrrated by Lee Salsbery
1977 Hawk, I'm Your Brother Illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
1976 The Desert is Theirs Illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
1976 Strega Nona By Tomie de Paola (Prentice-Hall)
1975 Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book Illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings (Dial)
1974 Three Jovial Huntsmen By Susan Jeffers (Bradbury)
1974 Cathedral By David Macaulay (Houghton)
1973 Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti Adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott (Holt)
1973 Hosie's Alphabet Illustrated by Leonard Baskin; text: Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin (Viking)
1973 Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Buckert; text: translated by Randall Jarrell, retold from the Brothers Grimm (Farrar)
1973 When Clay Sings Illustrated by Tom Bahti; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
1972 Hildilid's Night Illustrated by Arnold Lobel; text: Cheli Durán Ryan (Macmillan)
1972 If All the Seas Were One Sea By Janina Domanska (Macmillan)
1972 Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book Illustrated by Tom Feelings; text: Muriel Feelings (Dial)
1971 The Angry Moon Illustrated by Blair Lent; text: retold by William Sleator (Atlantic)
1971 Frog and Toad are Friends By Arnold Lobel (Harper)
1971 In the Night Kitchen By Maurice Sendak (Harper)
1970 Goggles! By Ezra Jack Keats (Macmillan)
1970 Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse By Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
1970 Pop Corn & Ma Goodness Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker; text: Edna Mitchell Preston (Viking)
1970 Thy Friend, Obadiah By Brinton Turkle (Viking)
1970 The Judge: An Untrue Tale Illustrated by Margot Zemach; text: Harve Zemach (Farrar)
1969 Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky Illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Elphinstone Dayrell (Houghton)
1968 Frederick By Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
1968 Seashore Story By Taro Yashima (Viking)
1968 The Emperor and the Kite Illustrated by Ed Young; text: Jane Yolen (World)
1967 One Wide River to Cross Illustrated by Ed Emberley; text: adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)
1966 Hide and Seek Fog Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
1966 Just Me By Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
1966 Tom Tit Tot Retold and illustrated by Evaline Ness (Scribner)
1965 Rain Makes Applesauce Illustrated by Marvin Bileck; text: Julian Scheer (Holiday)
1965 The Wave Illustrated by Blair Lent; text: Margaret Hodges (Houghton)
1965 A Pocketful of Cricket Illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Rebecca Caudill (Holt)
1964 Swimmy By Leo Lionni (Pantheon)
1964 All in the Morning Early Illustrated by Evaline Ness; text: Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclaire Alger] (Holt)
1964 Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes Illustrated by Philip Reed (Atheneum)
1963 The Sun is a Golden Earring Illustrated by Bernarda Bryson; text: Natalia M. Belting (Holt)
1963 Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)
1962 Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song By Peter Spier (Doubleday)
1962 Little Bear's Visit Illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Else H. Minarik (Harper)
1962 The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up Illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)
1961 Inch by Inch By Leo Lionni (Obolensky)
1960 Houses from the Sea Illustrated by Adrienne Adams; text: Alice E. Goudey (Scribner)
1960 The Moon Jumpers Illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Janice May Udry (Harper)
1959 The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie By Antonio Frasconi (Harcourt)
1959 What Do You Say, Dear? Illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Sesyle Joslin (W. R. Scott)
1959 Umbrella By Taro Yashima (Viking)
1958 Fly High, Fly Low By Don Freeman (Viking)
1958 Anatole and the Cat Illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)
1957 Mr. Penny's Race Horse By Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
1957 1 is One By Tasha Tudor (Walck)
1957 Anatole Illustrated by Paul Galdone; text: Eve Titus (McGraw-Hill)
1957 Gillespie and the Guards Illustrated by James Daugherty; text: Benjamin Elkin (Viking)
1957 Lion By William Pène du Bois (Viking)
1956 Play With Me By Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
1956 Crow Boy By Taro Yashima (Viking)
1955 Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes Illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
1955 Wheel On The Chimney Illustrated by Tibor Gergely; text: Margaret Wise Brown (Lippincott)
1955 The Thanksgiving Story Illustrated by Helen Sewell; text: Alice Dalgliesh (Scribner)
1954 Journey Cake, Ho! Illustrated by Robert McCloskey; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking)
1954 When Will the World Be Mine? Illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Miriam Schlein (W. R. Scott)
1954 The Steadfast Tin Soldier Illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M. R. James (Scribner)
1954 A Very Special House Illustrated by Maurice Sendak; text: Ruth Krauss (Harper)
1954 Green Eyes By A. Birnbaum (Capitol)
1953 Puss in Boots Illustrated by Marcia Brown; text: translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
1953 One Morning in Maine By Robert McCloskey (Viking)
1953 Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals By Fritz Eichenberg (Harcourt)
1953 The Storm Book Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Charlotte Zolotow (Harper)
1953 Five Little Monkeys By Juliet Kepes (Houghton)
1952 Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo By Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
1952 Skipper John's Cook By Marcia Brown (Scribner)
1952 All Falling Down Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham; text: Gene Zion (Harper)
1952 Bear Party By William Pène du Bois (Viking)
1952 Feather Mountain By Elizabeth Olds (Houghton)
1951 Dick Whittington and his Cat By Marcia Brown (Scribner)
1951 The Two Reds Illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff); text: Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
1951 If I Ran the Zoo By Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
1951 The Most Wonderful Doll in the World Illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
1951 T-Bone, the Baby Sitter By Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)
1950 America's Ethan Allen Illustrated by Lynd Ward; text: Stewart Holbrook (Houghton)
1950 The Wild Birthday Cake Illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
1950 The Happy Day Illustrated by Marc Simont; text: Ruth Krauss) (Harper)
1950 Bartholomew and the Oobleck By Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
1950 Henry Fisherman By Marcia Brown
1949 Blueberries for Sal By Robert McCloskey (Viking)
1949 All Around the Town Illustrated by Helen Stone; text: Phyllis McGinley (Lippincott)
1949 Juanita By Leo Politi (Scribner)
1949 Fish in the Air By Kurt Wiese (Viking)
1948 Stone Soup By Marcia Brown (Scribner)
1948 McElligot's Pool By Dr. Seuss, pseud. [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (Random House)
1948 Bambino the Clown By Georges Schreiber (Viking)
1948 Roger and the Fox Illustrated by Hildegard Woodward; text: Lavinia R. Davis (Doubleday)
1948 Song of Robin Hood Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton; text: edited by Anne Malcolmson (Houghton)
1947 Rain Drop Splash Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
1947 Boats on the River Illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum; text: Marjorie Flack (Viking)
1947 Timothy Turtle Illustrated by Tony Palazzo; text: Al Graham (Welch)
1947 Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street By Leo Politi (Scribner)
1947 Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns Illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; text: selected by Opal Wheeler (Dutton)
1946 Little Lost Lamb Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; text: Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
1946 Sing Mother Goose Illustrated by Marjorie Torrey; music: Opal Wheeler (Dutton)
1946 My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World Illustrated by Ruth Gannett; text: Becky Reyher (Lothrop)
1946 You Can Write Chinese By Kurt Wiese (Viking)
1945 Mother Goose Illustrated by Tasha Tudor (Oxford University Press)
1945 In the Forest By Marie Hall Ets (Viking)
1945 Yonie Wondernose By Marguerite de Angeli (Doubleday)
1945 The Christmas Anna Angel Illustrated by Kate Seredy; text: Ruth Sawyer (Viking)
1944 Small Rain: Verses From The Bible Illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones; text: selected by Jessie Orton Jones (Viking)
1944 Pierre Pidgeon Illustrated by Arnold E. Bare; text: Lee Kingman (Houghton)
1944 The Mighty Hunter By Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
1944 A Child's Good Night Book Illustrated by Jean Charlot; text: Margaret Wise Brown (W. R. Scott)
1944 Good-Luck Horse Illustrated by Plato Chan; text: Chih-Yi Chan (Whittlesey)
1943 Dash and Dart By Mary & Conrad Buff (Viking)
1943 Marshmallow By Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)
1942 An American ABC By Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
1942 In My Mother's House Illustrating by Velino Herrera; text: Ann Nolan Clark (Viking)
1942 Paddle-To-The-Sea By Holling C. Holling (Houghton)
1942 Nothing At All By Wanda Gág (Coward)
1941 April's Kittens By Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)
1940 Cock-a-Doodle Doo By Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
1940 Madeline By Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
1940 The Ageless Story By Lauren Ford (Dodd)
1939 Andy and the Lion By James Daugherty (Viking)
1939 Barkis By Clare Turlay Newberry (Harper)
1939 The Forest Pool By Laura Adams Armer (Longmans)
1939 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs By Wanda Gág (Coward)
1939 Wee Gillis Illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: Munro Leaf (Viking)
1938 Four and Twenty Blackbirds Illustrated by Robert Lawson; text: compiled by Helen Dean Fish (Stokes)
1938 Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale Retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff (Viking)
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