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Caldecott Medal 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.
For more information see: The Caldecott Medal Home Page
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| Year | Title | Author |
| 2009 Medal Winner | The House in the Night | Beth Krommes |
| Honor Books | A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever | Marla Frazee |
| How I Learned Geography | Uri Shulevitz | |
| A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams | Jen Bryant | |
| 2008 Medal Winner | The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Brian Selznick |
| Honor Books | Henry's Freedom Box | Ellen Levine |
| Knuffle Bunny Too | Mo Willems | |
| First the Egg | Laura Vaccaro Seeger | |
| The Wall | Peter Sis | |
| 2007 Medal Winner | Flotsam | David Wiesner |
| Honor Books | Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet | David McLimans |
| Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Carole Boston Weatherford | |
| 2006 Medal Winner | The Hello, Goodbye Window | Norton Juster |
| Honor Books | Rosa | Nikki Giovanni |
| Zen Short | Jon J. Muth | |
| Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride | Marjorie Priceman | |
| Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems | Joyce Sidman | |
| 2005 Medal Winner | Kitten's First Full Moon | Kevin Henkes |
| Honor Books | The Red Book | Barbara Lehman |
| Coming on Home Soon | Jacqueline Woodson | |
| Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale | Mo Willems | |
| 2004 Medal Winner | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Mordicai Gerstein |
| Honor Books | Ella Sarah Gets Dressed | Margaret Chodos-Irvine |
| What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? | Steve Jenkins and Robin Page | |
| Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus | Mo Willems | |
| 2003 Medal Winner | My Friend Rabbit | Eric Rohmann |
| Honor Books | The Spider and the Fly | Mary Howitt |
| Hondo & Fabian | Peter McCarty | |
| Noah's Ark | Jerry Pinkney | |
| 2002 Medal Winner | The Three Pigs | David Wiesner |
| Honor Books | The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | Barbara Kerley |
| Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Doreen Rappaport | |
| The Stray Dog | Marc Simont | |
| 2001 Medal Winner | So You Want to Be President? | Judith St. George |
| Honor Books | Casey at the Bat | Ernest Thayer |
| Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type | Doreen Cronin | |
| Olivia | Ian Falconer | |
| 2000 Medal Winner | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Simms Taback |
| Honor Books | A Child's Calendar | John Updike |
| Sector 7 | David Wiesner | |
| When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry | Molly Bang | |
| The Ugly Duckling | Jerry Pinkney | |
| 1999 Medal Winner | Snowflake Bentley | Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
| Honor Books | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and his Orchestra | Andrea Davis Pinkney |
| No, David! | David Shannon | |
| Snow | Uri Shulevitz | |
| Tibet Through the Red Box | Peter Sís | |
| 1998 Medal Winner | Rapunzel | Paul O. Zelinsky |
| Honor Books | The Gardener | Sarah Stewart |
| Harlem | Walter Dean Myers | |
| There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | Simms Taback | |
| 1997 Medal Winner | Golem | David Wisniewski |
| Honor Books | Hush! A Thai Lullaby | Minfong Ho |
| The Graphic Alphabet | David Pelletier | |
| The Paperboy | Dav Pilkey | |
| Starry Messenger | Peter Sís | |
| 1996 Medal Winner | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Peggy Rathmann |
| Honor Books | Alphabet City | Stephen T. Johnson |
| Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin | Lloyd Moss | |
| The Faithful Friend | Robert D. San Souci | |
| Tops & Bottoms | Janet Stevens | |
| 1995 Medal Winner | Smoky Night | Eve Bunting |
| Honor Books | John Henry | Julius Lester |
| Swamp Angel | Anne Issacs | |
| Time Flies | Eric Rohmann | |
| 1994 Medal Winner | Grandfather's Journey | Allen Say |
| Honor Books | Peppe the Lamplighter | Elisa Bartone |
| In the Small, Small Pond | Denise Fleming | |
| Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest | Gerald McDermott | |
| Owen | Kevin Henkes | |
| Yo! Yes? | Chris Raschka | |
| 1993 Medal Winner | Mirette on the High Wire | Emily Arnold McCully |
| Honor Books | The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales | Jon Scieszka |
| Seven Blind Mice | Ed Young | |
| Working Cotton | Sherley Anne Williams | |
| 1992 Medal Winner | Tuesday | David Wiesner |
| Honor Book | Tar Beach | Faith Ringgold |
| 1991 Medal Winner | Black and White | David Macaulay |
| Honor Books | Puss in Boots | Malcolm Arthur |
| "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories | Vera B. Williams | |
| 1990 Medal Winner | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China | Ed Young |
| Honor Books | Bill Peet: An Autobiography | Bill Peet |
| Color Zoo | Lois Ehlert | |
| The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South | Robert D. San Souci | |
| Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins | Eric Kimmel | |
| 1989 Medal Winner | Song and Dance Man | Karen Ackerman |
| Honor Books | The Boy of the Three-Year Nap | Diane Snyder |
| Free Fall | David Wiesner | |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | James Marshall | |
| Mirandy and Brother Wind | Patricia C. McKissack | |
| 1988 Medal Winner | Owl Moon | Jane Yolen |
| Honor Book | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | John Steptoe |
| 1987 Medal Winner | Hey, Al | Arthur Yorinks |
| Honor Books | The Village of Round and Square Houses | Ann Grifalconi |
| Alphabatics | Suse MacDonald | |
| Rumpelstiltskin | Paul O. Zelinsky | |
| 1986 Medal Winner | The Polar Express | Chris Van Allsburg |
| Honor Books | The Relatives Came | Cynthia Rylant |
| King Bidgood's in the Bathtub | Audrey Wood | |
| 1985 Medal Winner | Saint George and the Dragon | Margaret Hodges |
| Honor Books | Hansel and Gretel | Rika Lesser |
| Have You Seen My Duckling? | Nancy Tafuri | |
| The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend | John Steptoe | |
| 1984 Medal Winner | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot | Alice & Martin Provensen |
| Honor Books | Little Red Riding Hood | Trina Schart Hyman |
| Ten, Nine, Eight | Molly Bang | |
| 1983 Medal Winner | Shadow | Marcia Brown |
| Honor Books | A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams |
| When I Was Young in the Mountains | Cynthia Rylant | |
| 1982 Medal Winner | Jumanji | Chris Van Allsburg |
| Honor Books | Where the Buffaloes Begin | Olaf Baker |
| On Market Street | Arnold Lobel | |
| Outside Over There | Maurice Sendak | |
| A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers | Nancy Willard | |
| 1981 Medal Winner | Fables | Arnold Lobel |
| Honor Books | The Bremen-Town Musicians | Ilse Plume |
| The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher | Molly Bang | |
| Mice Twice | Joseph Low | |
| Truck | Donald Crews | |
| 1980 Medal Winner | Ox-Cart Man | Donald Hall |
| Honor Books | Ben's Trumpet | Rachel Isadora |
| The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi | Chris Van Allsburg | |
| The Treasure | Uri Shulevitz | |
| 1979 Medal Winner | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Paul Goble |
| Honor Books | Freight Train | Donald Crews |
| The Way to Start a Day | Byrd Baylor | |
| 1978 Medal Winner | Noah's Ark | Peter Spier |
| Honor Books | Castle | David Macaulay |
| It Could Always Be Worse | Margot Zemach | |
| 1977 Medal Winner | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Margaret Musgrove |
| Honor Books | The Amazing Bone | William Steig |
| The Contest | Nonny Hogrogian | |
| Fish for Supper | M. B. Goffstein | |
| The Golem: A Jewish Legend | Beverly Brodsky McDermott | |
| Hawk, I'm Your Brother | Byrd Baylor | |
| 1976 Medal Winner | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Verna Aardema |
| Honor Books | The Desert is Theirs | Byrd Baylor |
| Strega Nona | Tomie de Paola | |
| 1975 Medal Winner | Arrow to the Sun | Gerald McDermott |
| Honor Books | Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book | Muriel Feelings |
| 1974 Medal Winner | Duffy and the Devil | Harve Zemach |
| Honor Books | Three Jovial Huntsmen | Susan Jeffers |
| Cathedral | David Macaulay | |
| 1973 Medal Winner | The Funny Little Woman | Arlene Mosel |
| Honor Books | Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti | Gerald McDermott |
| Hosie's Alphabet | Leonard Baskin | |
| Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs | Randall Jarrell | |
| When Clay Sings | Byrd Baylor | |
| 1972 Medal Winner | One Fine Day | Nonny Hogrogian |
| Honor Books | Hildilid's Night | Cheli Durán Ryan |
| If All the Seas Were One Sea | Janina Domanska | |
| Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book | Muriel Feelings | |
| 1971 Medal Winner | A Story A Story | Gail E. Haley |
| Honor Books | The Angry Moon | William Sleator |
| Frog and Toad are Friends | Arnold Lobel | |
| In the Night Kitchen | Maurice Sendak | |
| 1970 Medal Winner | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | William Steig |
| Honor Books | Goggles! | Ezra Jack Keats |
| Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse | Leo Lionni | |
| Pop Corn & Ma Goodness | Edna Mitchell Preston | |
| Thy Friend, Obadiah | Brinton Turkle | |
| The Judge: An Untrue Tale | Harve Zemach | |
| 1969 Medal Winner | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Arthur Ransome |
| Honor Books | Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky | Elphinstone Dayrell |
| 1968 Medal Winner | Drummer Hoff | Barbara Emberley |
| Honor Books | Frederick | Leo Lionni |
| Seashore Story | Taro Yashima | |
| The Emperor and the Kite | Jane Yolen | |
| 1967 Medal Winner | Sam, Bangs & Moonshine | Evaline Ness |
| Honor Book | One Wide River to Cross/td> | Barbara Emberley |
| 1966 Medal Winner | Always Room for One More | Sorche Nic Leodhas |
| Honor Books | Hide and Seek Fog | Alvin Tresselt |
| Just Me | Marie Hall Ets | |
| Tom Tit Tot | Evaline Ness | |
| 1965 Medal Winner | May I Bring a Friend | Beatrice Schenk de Regniers |
| Honor Books | Rain Makes Applesauce | Julian Scheer |
| The Wave | Margaret Hodges | |
| A Pocketful of Cricket | Rebecca Caudill | |
| 1964 Medal Winner | Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak |
| Honor Books | Swimmy | Leo Lionni |
| All in the Morning Early | Sorche Nic Leodhas | |
| Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes | Philip Reed | |
| 1963 Medal Winner | The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats |
| Honor Books | The Sun is a Golden Earring | Natalia M. Belting |
| Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present | Charlotte Zolotow | |
| 1962 Medal Winner | Once a Mouse | Marcia Brown |
| Honor Books | Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song | Peter Spier |
| Little Bear's Visit | Else H. Minarik | |
| The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up | Alice E. Goudey | |
| 1961 Medal Winner | Baboushka and the Three Kings | Ruth Robbins |
| Honor Book | Inch by Inch | Leo Lionni |
| 1960 Medal Winner | Nine Days to Christmas | Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida |
| Honor Books | Houses from the Sea | Alice E. Goudey |
| The Moon Jumpers | Janice May Udry | |
| 1959 Medal Winner | Chanticleer and the Fox | Barbara Cooney |
| Honor Books | The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie | Antonio Frasconi |
| What Do You Say, Dear | Sesyle Joslin | |
| Umbrella | Taro Yashima | |
| 1958 Medal Winner | Time of Wonder | Robert McCloskey |
| Honor Books | Fly High, Fly Low | Don Freeman |
| Anatole and the Cat | Eve Titus | |
| 1957 Medal Winner | A Tree is Nice | Janice Udry |
| Honor Books | Mister Penny's Race Horse | Marie Hall Ets |
| 1 is One | Tasha Tudor | |
| Anatole | Eve Titus | |
| Gillespie and the Guards | Benjamin Elkin | |
| Lion | William Pène du Bois | |
| 1956 Medal Winner | Frog Went A-Courtin' | John Langstaff |
| Honor Books | Play With Me | Marie Hall Ets |
| Crow Boy | Taro Yashima | |
| 1955 Medal Winner | Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | Marcia Brown |
| Honor Books | Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes | Marguerite de Angeli |
| Wheel On The Chimney | Margaret Wise Brown | |
| The Thanksgiving Story | Alice Dalgliesh | |
| 1954 Medal Winner | Madeline's Rescue | Ludwig Bemelmans |
| Honor Books | Journey Cake, Ho! | Ruth Sawyer |
| When Will the World Be Mine | Miriam Schlein | |
| The Steadfast Tin Soldier | M. R. James | |
| A Very Special House | Ruth Krauss | |
| Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum | |
| 1953 Medal Winner | The Biggest Bear | Lynd Ward |
| Honor Books | Puss in Boots | Marcia Brown |
| One Morning in Maine | Robert McCloskey | |
| Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals | Fritz Eichenberg | |
| The Storm Book | Charlotte Zolotow | |
| Five Little Monkeys | Juliet Kepes | |
| 1952 Medal Winner | Finders Keepers | Will |
| Honor Books | Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo | Marie Hall Ets |
| Skipper John's Cook | Marcia Brown | |
| All Falling Down | Gene Zion | |
| Bear Party | William Pène du Bois | |
| Feather Mountain | Elizabeth Olds | |
| 1951 Medal Winner | The Egg Tree | Katherine Milhous |
| Honor Books | Dick Whittington and his Cat | Marcia Brown |
| The Two Reds | Will | |
| If I Ran the Zoo | Dr. Seuss | |
| The Most Wonderful Doll in the World | Phyllis McGinley | |
| T-Bone, the Baby Sitter | Clare Turlay Newberry | |
| 1950 Medal Winner | Song of the Swallows | Leo Politi |
| Honor Books | America's Ethan Allen | Stewart Holbrook |
| The Wild Birthday Cake | Lavinia R. Davis | |
| The Happy Day | Ruth Krauss | |
| Bartholomew and the Oobleck | Dr. Seuss | |
| Henry Fisherman | Marcia Brown | |
| 1949 Medal Winner | The Big Snow | Berta & Elmer Hader |
| Honor Books | Blueberries for Sal | Robert McCloskey |
| All Around the Town | Phyllis McGinley | |
| Juanita | Leo Politi | |
| Fish in the Air | Kurt Wiese | |
| 1948 Medal Winner | White Snow, Bright Snow | Alvin Tresselt |
| Honor Books | Stone Soup | Marcia Brown |
| McElligot's Pool | Dr. Seuss | |
| Bambino the Clown | Georges Schreiber | |
| Roger and the Fox | Lavinia R. Davis | |
| Song of Robin Hood | Anne Malcolmson | |
| 1947 Medal Winner | The Little Island | Golden MacDonald |
| Honor Books | Rain Drop Splash | Alvin Tresselt |
| Boats on the River | Marjorie Flack | |
| Timothy Turtle | Al Graham | |
| Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street | Leo Politi | |
| Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns | Opal Wheeler | |
| 1946 Medal Winner | The Rooster Crows | Maud & Miska Petersham |
| Honor Books | Little Lost Lamb | Golden MacDonald |
| Sing Mother Goose | Opal Wheeler | |
| My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World | Becky Reyher | |
| You Can Write Chinese | Kurt Wiese | |
| 1945 Medal Winner | Prayer for a Child | Rachel Field |
| Honor Books | Mother Goose | Tasha Tudor |
| In the Forest | Marie Hall Ets | |
| Yonie Wondernose | Marguerite de Angeli | |
| The Christmas Anna Angel | Ruth Sawyer | |
| 1944 Medal Winner | Many Moons | James Thurber |
| Honor Books | Small Rain: Verses From The Bible | Jessie Orton Jones |
| Pierre Pidgeon | Lee Kingman | |
| The Mighty Hunter | Berta & Elmer Hader | |
| A Child's Good Night Book | Margaret Wise Brown | |
| Good-Luck Horse | Chih-Yi Chan | |
| 1943 Medal Winner | The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton |
| Honor Books | Dash and Dart | Mary & Conrad Buff |
| Marshmallow | Clare Turlay Newberry | |
| 1942 Medal Winner | Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey |
| Honor Books | An American ABC | Maud & Miska Petersham |
| In My Mother's House | Ann Nolan Clark | |
| Paddle-To-The-Sea | Holling C. Holling | |
| Nothing At All | Wanda Gág | |
| 1941 Medal Winner | They Were Strong and Good | Robert Lawson |
| Honor Book | April's Kittens | Clare Turlay Newberry |
| 1940 Medal Winner | Abraham Lincoln | Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire |
| Honor Books | Cock-a-Doodle Doo | Berta & Elmer Hader |
| Madeline | Ludwig Bemelmans | |
| The Ageless Story | Lauren Ford | |
| 1939 Medal Winner | Mei Li | Thomas Handforth |
| Honor Books | Andy and the Lion | James Daugherty |
| Barkis | Clare Turlay Newberry | |
| The Forest Pool | Laura Adams Armer | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Wanda Gág | |
| Wee Gillis | Munro Leaf | |
| 1938 Medal Winner | Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book | Helen Dean Fish |
| Honor Books | Four and Twenty Blackbirds | Helen Dean Fish |
| Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale | Boris Artzybasheff |