Caldecott 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.
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| 2012 | A Ball for Daisy by Christopher Raschka |
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| 2011 | A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead |
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| 2010 | The Lion & the Mouse Jerry Pinkney |
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| 2009 | The House in the Night Susan M. Swanson |
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| 2008 | The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick |
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| 2007 | Flotsam David Wiesner |
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| 2006 | The Hello, Goodbye Window Chris Raschka |
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| 2005 | Kitten’s First Full Moon Kevin Henkes |
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| 2004 | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein |
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| 2003 | My Friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann |
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| 2002 | The Three Pigs David Wiesner |
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| 2001 | So You Want to Be President David Small, ill. |
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| 2000 | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback |
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- 1999 Snowflake Bentley Mary Azarian, ill.
- 1998 Rapunzel Paul O. Zelinsky
- 1997 Golem David Wisniewski
- 1996 Officer Buckle & Gloria Peggy Rathmann
- 1995 Smoky Night David Diaz, ill.
- 1994 Grandfather’s Journey Allen Say
- 1993 Mirette on the High Wire Emily Arnold McCully
- 1992 Tuesday David Weisner
- 1991 Black and White David Macaulay
- 1990 Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China Ed Young
- 1989 Song and Dance Man Stephen Gammell, ill.
- 1988 Owl Moon John Schoenherr, ill.
- 1987 Hey, Al Richard Egielski, ill.
- 1986 The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg
- 1985 Saint George and the Dragon Trina Schart Hyman, ill.
- 1984 The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot Alice & Martin Provensen
- 1983 Shadow Marcia Brown, ill.
- 1982 Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg
- 1981 Fables Arnold Lobel
- 1980 Ox-Cart Man Barbara Cooney, ill.
- 1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Paul Goble
- 1978 Noah’s Ark Peter Spier
- 1977 Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions Leo & Diane Dillon, ill.
- 1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears Leo & Diane Dillon, ill.
- 1975 Arrow to the Sun Gerald McDermott
- 1974 Duffy and the Devil Margot Zemach, ill.
- 1973 The Funny Little Woman Blair Lent, ill.
- 1972 One Fine Day Nonny Hogrogian
- 1971 A Story A Story Gail E. Haley
- 1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig
- 1969 The Fool of the World and theFlying Ship Uri Shulevitz, ill.
- 1968 Drummer Hoff Ed Emberley, ill.
- 1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine Evaline Ness
- 1966 Always Room for One More Nonny Hogrogian, ill.
- 1965 May I Bring a Friend? Beni Montresor, ill.
- 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, ill.
- 1960 Nine Days to Christmas Marie Hall Ets, ill.
- 1959 Chanticleer and the Fox Barbara Cooney, ill.
- 1958 Time of Wonder Robert McCloskey
- 1957 A Tree is Nice Marc Simont, ill.
- 1956 Frog Went A-Courtin’ Feodor Rojankovsky, ill.
- 1955 Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper Marcia Brown, ill.
- 1954 Madeline’s Rescue Ludwig Bemelmans
- 1953 The Biggest Bear Lynd Ward
- 1952 Finders Keepers Nicolas, ill.
- 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 Roger Duvoisin
- 1947 The Little Island Leonard Weisgard, ill.
- 1946 The Rooster Crows Maude & Miska Petersham
- 1945 Prayer for a Child Elizabeth Orton Jones
- 1944 Many Moons Louis Slobodkin, ill.
- 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
- 1939 Mei Li Thomas Handforth
- 1938 Animals of the Bible Dorothy P. Lathrop, ill.