Caldecott medal
The Caldecott Medal has been awarded annually since 1938,
under the supervision of the Association for Library Services to Children of
the American Library Assocation, to the illustrator of the most distinguished
picture book for children published in the U.S. during the preceding year.
Find Caldecott Medal winners in the Library Catalog
| YEAR | TITLE | ILLUSTRATOR |
2010 |
The lion & the mouse |
Jerry Pinkney |
2009 |
The house in the night |
Beth Krommes |
2008 |
The invention of Hugo Cabret |
Brian Selznick |
2007 |
Flotsam |
David Wiesner |
2006 |
The hello, goodbye window |
Chris Raschka |
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 little pigs |
David Wiesner |
2001 |
So You Want to be President |
David Small |
2000 |
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat |
Simms Taback |
1999 |
Snowflake Bentley |
Mary Azarian |
1998 |
Rapunzel |
Paul Zelinsky |
1997 |
Golem |
David Wisniewski |
1996 |
Officer Buckle and Gloria |
Peggy Rathmann |
1995 |
Smoky Night |
David Diaz |
1994 |
Grandfather’s Journey |
Allen Say |
1993 |
Mirette on the High Wire |
Emily McCully |
1992 |
Tuesday |
David Wiesner |
1991 |
Black and White |
David Macauley |
1990 |
Lon Po Po |
Ed Young |
1989 |
Song and Dance Man |
Stephen Gammell |
1988 |
Owl Moon |
John Schoenherr |
1987 |
Hey Al |
Richard Egielski |
1986 |
Polar Express |
Chris Van Allsburg |
1985 |
Saint George and the Dragon |
Trina Schart Hyman |
1984 |
The Glorious Flight |
Alice & Martin Provensen |
1983 |
Shadow |
Marcia Brown |
1982 |
Jumanji |
Chris Van Allsburg |
1981 |
Fables |
Arnold Lobel |
1980 |
Ox-Cart Man |
Barbara Cooney |
1979 |
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
Paul Goble |
1978 |
Noah’s Ark |
Peter Spier |
1977 |
Ashanti to Zulu |
Leo & Diane Dillon |
1976 |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears |
Leo & Diane Dillon |
1975 |
Arrow to the Sun |
Gerald McDermott |
1974 |
Duffy and the Devil |
Margot Zemach |
1973 |
The Funny Little Woman |
Blair Lent |
1972 |
One Fine Day |
Nonny Hogrogrian |
1971 |
A Story, a Story |
Gail Haley |
1970 |
Sylvester & the Magic Pebble |
Willaim Steig |
1969 |
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship |
Uri Shulevitz |
1968 |
Drummer Hoff |
Ed Emberley |
1967 |
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine |
Evaline Ness |
1966 |
Always Room for One More |
Nonny Hogrogrian |
1965 |
May I Bring a Friend? |
Beni Montresor |
1964 |
Where the Wild Things Are |
Maurice Sendak |
1963 |
The Snowy Day |
Ezra Jack Keats |
1962 |
Once a Mouse |
Marcia Brown |
1961 |
Baboushka and the Three Kings |
Nicolas Sidjakov |
1960 |
Nine Days to Christmas |
Marie Hall Ets |
1959 |
Chanticleer and the Fox |
Barbara Cooney |
1958 |
Time of Wonder |
Robert McCloskey |
1957 |
A Tree is Nice |
Marc Simont |
1956 |
Frog Went A-Courtin’ |
Feodor Rojanovsky |
1955 |
Cinderella |
Marcia Brown |
1954 |
Madeline’s Rescue |
Ludwig Bemelmans |
1953 |
Biggest Bear |
Lynd Ward |
1952 |
Finders Keepers |
Nicolas Mordvinoff |
1951 |
The Egg Tree |
Katherine Milhous |
1950 |
Song of the Swallows |
Leo Politi |
1949 |
The Big Snow |
Berta and Elmer Hader |
1948 |
White Snow, Bright Snow |
Roger Duvoisin |
1947 |
The Little Island |
Leonard Weisgard |
1946 |
The Rooster Crows |
Maud & Miska Petersham |
1945 |
Prayer for a Child |
Elizabeth Orton Jones |
1944 |
Many Moons |
Louis Slobodkin |
1943 |
The Little House |
Virginia Burton |
1942 |
Make Way for Ducklings |
Robert McCloskey |
1941 |
They Were Strong and Good |
Robert Lawson |
1940 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Ingri Parin D’Aulaire |
1939 |
Mei Li |
Thomas Handforth |
1938 |
Animals of the Bible |
Dorothy P. Lathrop |
More information about the Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association
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