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.
| Year | Title | Illustrator |
| 1938 | Animals of the Bible | Dorothy P. Lathrop |
| 1939 | Mei Li | Thomas Handforth |
| 1940 | Abraham Lincoln | Ingri Parin D’Aulaire |
| 1941 | They Were Strong and Good | Robert Lawson |
| 1942 | Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey |
| 1943 | The Little House | Virginia Burton |
| 1944 | Many Moons | Louis Slobodkin |
| 1945 | Prayer for a Child | Elizabeth Orton Jones |
| 1946 | The Rooster Crows | Maud & Miska Petersham |
| 1947 | The Little Island | Leonard Weisgard |
| 1948 | White Snow, Bright Snow | Roger Duvoisin |
| 1949 | The Big Snow | Berta and Elmer Hader |
| 1950 | Song of the Swallows | Leo Politi |
| 1951 | The Egg Tree | Katherine Milhous |
| 1952 | Finders Keepers | Nicolas Mordvinoff |
| 1953 | Biggest Bear | Lynd Ward |
| 1954 | Madeline's Rescue | Ludwig Bemelmans |
| 1955 | Cinderella | Marcia Brown |
| 1956 | Frog Went A-Courtin' | Feodor Rojanovsky |
| 1957 | A Tree is Nice | Marc Simont |
| 1958 | Time of Wonder | Robert McCloskey |
| 1959 | Chanticleer and the Fox | Barbara Cooney |
| 1960 | Nine Days to Christmas | Marie Hall Ets |
| 1961 | Baboushka and the Three Kings | Nicolas Sidjakov |
| 1962 | Once a Mouse | Marcia Brown |
| 1963 | The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats |
| 1964 | Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak |
| 1965 | May I Bring a Friend? | Beni Montresor |
| 1966 | Always Room for One More | Nonny Hogrogrian |
| 1967 | Sam, Bangs and Moonshine | Evaline Ness |
| 1968 | Drummer Hoff | Ed Emberley |
| 1969 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Uri Shulevitz |
| 1970 | Sylvester & the Magic Pebble | Willaim Steig |
| 1971 | A Story, a Story | Gail Haley |
| 1972 | One Fine Day | Nonny Hogrogrian |
| 1973 | The Funny Little Woman | Blair Lent |
| 1974 | Duffy and the Devil | Margot Zemach |
| 1975 | Arrow to the Sun | Gerald McDermott |
| 1976 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Leo & Diane Dillon |
| 1977 | Ashanti to Zulu | Leo & Diane Dillon |
| 1978 | Noah's Ark | Peter Spier |
| 1979 | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Paul Goble |
| 1980 | Ox-Cart Man | Donald Hall |
| 1981 | Fables | Arnold Lobel |
| 1982 | Jumanji | Chris Van Allsburg |
| 1983 | Shadow | Marcia Brown |
| 1984 | The Glorious Flight | Alice & Martin Provensen |
| 1985 | Saint George and the Dragon | Trina Schart Hyman |
| 1986 | Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg |
| 1987 | Hey Al | Richard Egielski |
| 1988 | Owl Moon | John Schoenherr |
| 1989 | Song and Dance Man | Stephen Gammell |
| 1990 | Lon Po Po | Ed Young |
| 1991 | Black and White | David Macauley |
| 1992 | Tuesday | David Wiesner |
| 1993 | Mirette on the High Wire | Emily McCully |
| 1994 | Grandfather's Journey | Allen Say |
| 1995 | Smoky Night | David Diaz |
| 1996 | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Peggy Rathmann |
| 1997 | Golem | David Wisniewski |
| 1998 | Rapunzel | Paul Zelinsky |
| 1999 | Snowflake Bentley | Mary Azarian |
| 2000 | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Simms Taback |
| 2001 | So You Want to be President | David Small |
| 2002 | The three little pigs | David Wiesner |
| 2003 | My friend Rabbit | Eric Rohmann |
| 2004 | The man who walked between the towers | Mordicai Gerstein |
| 2005 |
Kitten’s first full moon |
Kevin Henkes |
| 2006 | The hello, goodbye window | Chris Raschka |
| Rev. 1/02 |
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