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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
 
 
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