Caldecott Medal Winners

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States in the preceding year.

All titles are in the Children's picture book section, XXF, alphabetically arranged by the author’s last name, unless a call number is given.

1930s

1938 ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. Fish, Helen Dean. Illus by Dorothy P. Lathrop. (XX220 B)

1939 MEI LI. Handforth, Thomas.

1940s

1940 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar. (X921 LINCOLN)

1941 THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD. Lawson, Robert (X920 L)

1942 MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS. McCloskey, Robert.

1943 THE LITTLE HOUSE. Burton, Virginia Lee.

1944 MANY MOONS. Thurber, James. Illus by Louis Slobodkin.

1945 PRAYER FOR A CHILD. Field, Rachel. Illus by Elizabeth Orton Jones.
(XX249 F)

1946 THE ROOSTER CROWS. Petersham, Maud and Miska. (X808.1 P)

1947 THE LITTLE ISLAND. Brown, Margaret Wise. Illus by Leonard Weisgard.

1948 WHITE SNOW, BRIGHT SNOW. Tresselt, Alvin. Illus by Roger Duvoisin.

1949 THE BIG SNOW. Hader, Berta and Elmer. (XX590 H)

1950s

1950 SONG OF THE SWALLOWS. Politi, Leo.

1951 THE EGG TREE. Milhouse, Katherine.

1952 FINDERS KEEPERS. Lipkind, William. Illus by Nicolas Mordvinoff.

1953 THE BIGGEST BEAR. Ward, Lynd Kendall.

1954 MADELINE’S RESCUE. Bemelmans, Ludwig.

1955 CINDERELLA. Perrault, Charles. Illus by Marcia Brown. (XX398.244 PB)

1956 FROG WENT A-COURTIN’. Langstaff, John. Illus by Feodor Rojankovsky. (XXF FROG)

1957 A TREE IS NICE. Udry, Janice. Illus by Marc Simont.

1958 TIME OF WONDER. McCloskey, Robert

1959 CHANTICLEER AND THE FOX. Chaucer, Geoffrey. Illus by Barbara Cooney. (XX821 C)

1960s

1960 NINE DAYS TO CHRISTMAS. Ets, Marie Hall and Aurora Labastida. Illus by Marie Hall Ets.

1961 BABOUSHKA AND THE THREE KINGS. Robbins, Ruth. Illus. by Nicolas
Sidjakov. (XX398.254 B)

1962 ONCE A MOUSE. Brown, Marcia. (XX398.254 B)

1963 THE SNOWY DAY. Keats, Ezra Jack.

1964 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Sendak, Maurice.

1965 MAY I BRING A FRIEND? DeRegniers, Beatrice Schenk. Illus by Beni Montresor.

1966 ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE. Alger, Leclaire. Illus by Nonny Hogrogian.
(XX398.241 A)

1967 SAM, BANGS & MOONSHINE. Ness, Evaline

1968 DRUMMER HOFF. Emberley, Barbara. Illus by Ed Emberley.

1969 THE FOOL OF THE WORLD AND THE FLYING SHIP. Ransome, Arthur. Illus by Uri Shulevitz. (X398.247 R)

1970s

1970 SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE. Steig, William

1971 A STORY, A STORY. Haley, Gail. (XX398.26 H)

1972 ONE FINE DAY. Hogrogian, Nonny.

1973 THE FUNNY LITTLE WOMAN. Mosel, Arlene. Illus by Blair Lent.
(XX398.252 M)

1974 DUFFY AND THE DEVIL. Zemach, Harve. Illus by Margot Zemach. (X398.242 Z)

1975 ARROW TO THE SUN. McDermott, Gerald. (XX398.27 M)

1976 WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN PEOPLE’S EARS. Aardema, Verna. Illus by Leo and Diane Dillon. (XX398.26 A)

1977 ASHANTI TO ZULU: AFRICAN TRADITIONS. Musgrove, Margaret. Illus by Leo & Diane Dillon. (X960 M)

1978 NOAH’S ARK. Spier, Peter.

1979 THE GIRL WHO LOVED WILD HORSES. Goble, Paul

 

1980s

1980 OX-CART MAN. Hall, Donald. Illus by Barbara Cooney.

1981 FABLES. Lobel, Arnold (XF LOBEL)

1982 JUMANJI. Van Allsburg, Chris.

1983 SHADOW. Cendrars, Blaise. Illus by Marcia Brown. (X841.C)

1984 THE GLORIOUS FLIGHT: ACROSS THE CHANNEL WITH LOUIS BLERIOT. Provensen, Alice and Martin. (XX629.13 BLERIOT)

1985 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Hodges, Margaret. Illus by Trina Schart Hyman. (X398.242 H)

1986 POLAR EXPRESS. Van Allsburg, Chris.

1987 HEY, AL. Yorinks, Arthur. Illus by Richard Egielski.

1988 OWL MOON. Yolen, Jane. Illus by John Schoenherr.

1989 SONG AND DANCE MAN. Ackerman, Karen. Illus by Stephen Gammell.

1990s

1990 LON PO PO. Young, Ed. (X398.251 Y)

1991 BLACK AND WHITE. Macaulay, David.

1992 TUESDAY. Wiesner, David.

1993 MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE. McCully, Emily Arnold.

1994 GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY. Say, Allen.

1995 SMOKY NIGHT. Bunting, Eve. Illus by David Diaz.

1996 OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA. Rathmann, Peggy

1997 GOLEM. Wisniewski, David. (XX398.25694 W)

1998 RAPUNZEL. Zelinsky, Paul O.
(XX398.243 Z)

1999 SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY. Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Illus by Mary Azarian. (X921 Bentley)

2000s

2000 JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT. Taback, Simms.

2001 SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT. St. George, Judith. Illus by David Small. (X973 S)

2002 THE THREE PIGS. Wiesner, David.

2003 MY FRIEND RABBIT. Rohmann, Eric.

2004 THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS. Gerstein, Mordicai.

2005 KITTEN’S FIRST FULL MOON.
Henkes, Kevin.

2006 THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW. Norton, Juster. Illus. by Chris Raschka.

2007 FLOTSAM. Wiesner, David.

2008 THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET: A NOVEL IN WORDS AND PICTURES. Selznick, Brian. (XF)

January 2008