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. For more information visit the official Caldecott Medal homepage.
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| 2008 |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick |
| 2007 |
Flotsam - David Wiesner |
| 2006 |
The Hello, Goodbye Window - Norton Juster / Chris Raschka (Illustrator) |
| 2005 |
Kitten's
First Full Moon - Kevin Henkes |
|
2004 |
The
Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Mordicai Gerstein |
|
2003 |
My
Friend Rabbit - Eric Rohmann |
|
2002 |
The
Three Pigs - David Wiesner |
|
2001 |
So
You Want to Be President? - Judith St. George / David Small
(Illustator) |
|
2000 |
Joseph
Had a Little Overcoat - Simms Taback |
|
1999 |
Snowflake
Bentley - Jacqueline Briggs Martin / Mary Azarian (Illustrator) |
|
1998 |
Rapunzel
- Paul O. Zelinsky |
|
1997 |
Golem
- David Wisniewski |
|
1996 |
Officer
Buckle and Gloria - Peggy Rathmann |
|
1995 |
Smoky
Night - Eve Bunting / David Diaz (Illustrator) |
|
1994 |
Grandfather's
Journey - Allen Say |
|
1993 |
Mirette
on the High Wire - Emily Arnold McCully |
|
1992 |
Tuesday -
David Wiesner |
|
1991 |
Black
and White - David Macaulay |
|
1990 |
Lon
Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China - Ed Young |
|
1989 |
Song
and Dance Man - Karen Ackerman / Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) |
|
1988 |
Owl
Moon - Jane Yolen / John Schoenherr (Illustrator) |
|
1987 |
Hey,
Al - Arthur Yorinks / Richard Egielski (Illustrator) |
|
1986 |
The
Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg |
|
1985 |
Saint
George and the Dragon - Margaret Hodges / Trina Schart Hyman
(Illustrator) |
|
1984 |
The
Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25,
1909 - Alice & Martin Provensen |
|
1983 |
Shadow
- Original text in French, La Féticheuse by Blaise
Cendrars. Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown |
|
1982 |
Jumanji -
Chris Van Allsburg |
|
1981 |
Fables
- Arnold Lobel |
|
1980 |
Ox-Cart
Man - Donald Hall / Barbara Cooney (Illustator) |
|
1979 |
The
Girl Who Loved Wild Horses - Paul Goble |
|
1978 |
Noah's
Ark - Peter Spier |
|
1977 |
Ashanti
to Zulu: African Traditions - Margaret Musgrove / Leo &
Diane Dillon (Illustators) |
|
1976 |
Why
Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears - Verna Aardema / Leo &
Diane Dillon (Illustrators) |
|
1975 |
Arrow
to the Sun - Gerald McDermott |
|
1974 |
Duffy
and the Devil - Harve Zemach / Margot Zemach (Illustator) |
|
1973 |
The Funny Little Woman - Arlene Mosel / Blair Lent (Illustrator) |
|
1972 |
One
Fine Day - Nonny Hogrogian |
|
1971 |
A
Story, A Story: An African Tale - Gail E. Haley |
|
1970 |
Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble - William Steig |
|
1969 |
The
Fool of the World and the Flying Ship - Arthur Ransome / Uri
Shulevitz (Illustrator) |
|
1968 |
Drummer
Hoff - Barbara Emberley / Ed Emberley (Illustator) |
|
1967 |
Sam,
Bangs & Moonshine - Evaline Ness |
|
1966 |
Always
Room for One More - Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseudonym [Leclair Alger]
/ Nonny Hogrogian |
|
1965 |
May
I Bring a Friend? - Beatrice Schenk de Regniers / Beni Montresor
(Illustator) |
|
1964 |
Where
the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak |
|
1963 |
The
Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats |
|
1962 |
Once
a Mouse...A Fable Cut in Wood - Marcia Brown |
|
1961 |
Baboushka
and the Three Kings - Ruth Robbins / Nicolas Sidjakov (Illustator) |
|
1960 |
Nine
Days to Christmas - Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida / Marie
Hall Ets (Illustrator) |
|
1959 |
Chanticleer
and the Fox - Geoffrey Chaucer / Barbara Cooney (Illustrator) |
|
1958 |
Time
of Wonder - Robert McCloskey |
|
1957 |
A
Tree is Nice - Janice Udry / Marc Simont (Illustator) |
|
1956 |
Frog
Went A-Courtin' - John Langstaff / Feodor Rojankovsky (Illustator) |
|
1955 |
Cinderella,
or the Little Glass Slipper - Charles Perrault / translated
and illustrated by Marcia Brown |
|
1954 |
Madeline's
Rescue - Ludwig Bemelmans |
|
1953 |
The
Biggest Bear - Lynd Ward |
|
1952 |
Finders
Keepers - Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] / Nicolas, pseudonym
(Nicholas Mordvinoff) (Illustator) |
|
1951 |
The
Egg Tree - Katherine Milhous |
|
1950 |
Song
of the Swallows - Leo Politi |
|
1949 |
The
Big Snow - Berta & Elmer Hader |
|
1948 |
White
Snow, Bright Snow - Alvin Tresselt / Roger Duvoisin (Illustator) |
|
1947 |
The
Little Island- Golden MacDonald, pseudonym [Margaret Wise Brown]
/ Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) |
|
1946 |
The
Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles - Maude
& Miska Petersham |
|
1945 |
Prayer
for a Child - Rachel Field / Elizabeth Orton Jones (Illustator) |
|
1944 |
Many
Moons - James Thurber / Louis Slobodkin (Illustator) |
|
1943 |
The
Little House - Virginia Lee Burton |
|
1942 |
Make
Way for Ducklings - Robert McCloskey |
|
1941 |
They
Were Strong and Good - Robert Lawson |
|
1940 |
Abraham
Lincoln - Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (Illustrators) |
|
1939 |
Mei
Li - Thomas Handforth |
|
1938 |
Animals
of the Bible, A Picture Book - Helen Dean Fish / Dorothy P.
Lathrop (Illustrator) |