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Caldecott Medal Winners

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It 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. - From the American Library Association.

Click below for a complete list of the medal winners, hotlinked to the book when it is in print.

2007
Flotsam By David Wiesner (Clarion)
2006
The Hello, Goodbye Window Illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua/Hyperion)
2005
Kitten's First Full Moon By Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)
2004
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers By Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
2003
My Friend Rabbit By Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
2002
The Three Pigs By David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)
2001
So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small text by Judith St. George (Philomel Books)
2000
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat By Simms Taback (Viking)
1999
Snowflake Bentley Illustrated by Mary Azarian text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (Houghton)
1998
Rapunzel By Paul O. Zelinsky (Dutton)
1997
Golem By David Wisniewski (Clarion)
1996
Officer Buckle and Gloria By Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
1995
Smoky Night Illustrated by David Diaz, text Eve Bunting (Harcourt)
1994
Grandfather's Journey By Allen Say, edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton)
1993
Mirette on the High Wire By Emily Arnold McCully (Putnam)
1992
Tuesday By David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
1991
Black and White By David Macaulay (Houghton)
1990
Lon Po Po, A Red-Riding Hood Story from China By Ed Young (Philomel)
1989
Song and Dance Man Illustrated by Stephen Gammell text by Karen Ackerman (Knopf)
1988
Owl Moon Illustrated by John Schoenherr text by Jane Yolen (Philomel)
1987
Hey, Al Illustrated by Richard Egielski text by Arthur Yorinks (Farrar)
1986
The Polar Express By Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
1985
Saint George and the Dragon Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman retold by Margaret Hodges (Little, Brown)
1984
The Glorious Flight, Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot By Alice & Martin Provensen (Viking)
1983
Shadow Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown original text in French Blaise Cendrars (Scribner)
1982
Jumanji By Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)
1981
Fables By Arnold Lobel (Harper)
1980
Ox-Cart Man Illustrated by Barbara Cooney text by Donald Hall (Viking)
1979
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses By Paul Goble (Bradbury)
1978
Noah's Ark By Peter Spier (Doubleday)
1977
Ashanti to Zulu, African Traditions Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon; text Margaret Musgrove (Dial)
1976
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon retold by Verna Aardema (Dial)
1975
Arrow to the Sun By Gerald McDermott (Viking)
1974
Duffy and the Devil Illustrated by Margot Zemach retold by Harve Zemach (Farrar)
1973
The Funny Little Woman Illustrated by Blair Lent retold by Arlene Mosel (Dutton)
1972
One Fine Day Retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian (Macmillan)
1971
A Story A Story Retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (Atheneum)
1970
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble By William Steig (Windmill Books)
1969
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz retold by Arthur Ransome (Farrar)
1968
Drummer Hoff Illustrated by Ed Emberley adapted by Barbara Emberley (Prentice-Hall)
1967
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine By Evaline Ness (Holt)
1966
Always Room for One More Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian text by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (Holt)
1965
May I Bring a Friend? Illustrated by Beni Montresor text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (Atheneum)
1964
Where the Wild Things Are By Maurice Sendak (Harper)
1963
The Snowy Day By Ezra Jack Keats (Viking)
1962
Once a Mouse Retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
1961
Baboushka and the Three Kings Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov text by Ruth Robbins (Parnassus)
1960
Nine Days to Christmas Illustrated by Marie Hall Ets text by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (Viking)
1959
Chanticleer and the Fox Illustrated by Barbara Cooney adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney (Crowell)
1958
Time of Wonder By Robert McCloskey (Viking)
1957
A Tree Is Nice Illustrated by Marc Simont text by Janice Udry (Harper)
1956
Frog Went A-Courtin' Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky retold by John Langstaff) (Harcourt)
1955
Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper Illustrated by Marcia Brown translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown (Scribner)
1954
Madeline's Rescue By Ludwig Bemelmans (Viking)
1953
The Biggest Bear By Lynd Ward (Houghton)
1952
Finders Keepers Illustrated by Nicolas pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff) text by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (Harcourt)
1951
The Egg Tree By Katherine Milhous (Scribner)
1950
Song of the Swallows By Leo Politi (Scribner)
1949
The Big Snow By Berta & Elmer Hader (Macmillan)
1948
White Snow, Bright Snow Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin text by Alvin Tresselt (Lothrop)
1947
The Little Island Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard text by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (Doubleday)
1946
The Rooster Crows By Maud & Miska Petersham (Macmillan)
1945
Prayer for a Child Illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones text by Rachel Field (Macmillan)
1944
Many Moons Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin text by James Thurber (Harcourt)
1943
The Little House By Virginia Lee Burton (Houghton)
1942
Make Way for Ducklings By Robert McCloskey (Viking)
1941
They Were Strong and Good By Robert Lawson (Viking)
1940
Abraham Lincoln By Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Doubleday)
1939
Mei Li By Thomas Handforth (Doubleday)
1938
Animals of the Bible A Picture Book Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop selected by Helen Dean Fish (Lippincott)

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