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Caldecott Medal Books
1938 – present

Caldecott MedalThe Caldecott Medal, named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, 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.

The Lion & the Mouse 2010 The Lion & the Mouse
written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
j 398.2452 PIN
cover 2009 The House in the Night
written by Susan Marie Swanson
illustrated by Beth Krommes
JE Swanson
cover 2008 The Invention of Hugo Cabret! A Novel in Words and Pictures
written and illustrated by Brian Selznick
JH SELZNICK
cover 2007 Flotsam
written and illustrated by David Wiesner
JE WIESNER
cover 2006 The Hello, Goodbye Window
written by Norton Juster & illustrated by Chris Raschka
JE JUSTER
cover 2005 Kitten's First Full Moon
written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes
JE HENKES
cover 2004 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein
J 791.34 GER
cover 2003 My Friend Rabbit
Eric Rohmann
JE ROH
cover 2002 The Three Pigs
by David Wiesner
JE WIE
cover 2001 So You Want to be President
written by Judith St. George & illustrated by David Small
J 973.099 STG
cover 2000 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
retold & illustrated by Simms Taback
JE TAB
cover 1999 Snowflake Bentley
written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin & illustrated by Mary Azarian
JB BENTLEY
cover 1998 Rapunzel
retold & illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
J 398.20943 ZEL
cover 1997 Golem
written & illustrated by David Wisniewski
J 398.21089924 WIS
cover 1996 Officer Buckle and Gloria
written & illustrated by Peggy Rathmann
JE RAT
cover 1995 Smoky Night
written by Eve Bunting & illustrated by David Diaz
J BUN
cover 1994 Grandfather's Journey
written & illustrated by Allen Say
JE SAY
cover 1993 Mirette on the High Wire
written & illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully
JE MCC
cover 1992 Tuesday
written & illustrated by David Wiesner
JE WIE
cover 1991 Black and White
written & illustrated by David Macaulay
J MAC
cover 1990 Lon Po-Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China
translated & illustrated by Ed Young
J 398.20951 YOU
cover 1989 Song and Dance Man
written by Karen Ackerman & illustrated by Stephen Gammell
JE ACK
cover 1988 Owl Moon
written by Jane Yolen & illustrated by John Schoenherr
JE YOL
cover 1987 Hey, Al
written by Arthur Yorinks & illustrated by Richard Egielski
JE YOR
cover 1986 The Polar Express
written & illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
HOLIDAY JE VAN
cover 1985 Saint George and the Dragon
retold by Margaret Hodges & illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
J 398.20942 HOD
cover 1984 The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
written & illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
JE PRO
cover 1983 - Shadow
written by Blaise Cendrars & translated & illustrated by Marcia Brown
J 841.912 CEN
cover 1982 Jumanji
written & illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
JE VAN
cover 1981 Fables
written & illustrated by Arnold Lobel
J 398.20973 LOB
cover 1980 Ox-Cart Man
written by Donald Hall & illustrated by Barbara Cooney
JE HAL
cover 1979 The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
written & illustrated by Paul Goble
JE GOB
cover 1978 Noah's Ark
illustrated by Peter Spier
JE SPI
cover 1977 Ashanti to Zulu
written by Margaret Musgrove & illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
J 960 MUS
cover 1976 Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears
retold by Verna Aardema & illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
J 398.2096 AAR
cover 1975 Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale
adapted & illustrated by Gerald McDermott
J 398.208997 MCD
cover 1974 Duffy and the Devil
retold by Harve Zemach & illustrated by Margot Zemach
J 398.20942 ZEM
cover 1973 The Funny Little Woman
retold by Arlene Mosel & illustrated by Blair Lent
JE MOS
cover 1972 One Fine Day
written & illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
JE HOG
cover 1971 A Story, A Story: An African Tale
retold & illustrated by Gail E. Haley
J 398.2096 HAL
cover 1970 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
written & illustrated by William Steig
JE STE
cover 1969 The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
retold by Arthur Ransome & illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
J 398.20947 RAN
cover 1968 Drummer Hoff
adapted by Barbara Emberley & illustrated by Ed Emberley
JE EMB
cover 1967 Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
written & illustrated by Evaline Ness
J NES
cover 1966 Always Room for One More
written by Sorche Nic Leodhas & illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
J LEO
cover 1965 May I Bring a Friend?
written by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers & illustrated by Beni Montresor
JE DER
cover 1964 Where the Wild Things Are
written & illustrated by Maurice Sendak
JE SEN
cover 1963 The Snowy Day
written & illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
JE KEA
cover 1962 Once a Mouse: A Fable Cut in Wood
retold & illustrated by Marcia Brown
J 398.20954 BRO
cover 1961 Baboushka and the Three Kings
adapted by Ruth Robbins & illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
J 398.20974 ROB
cover 1960 Nine Days to Christmas
written & illustrated by Marie Hall Ets & Aurora Labastida
HOLIDAY JE ETS
cover 1959 Chanticleer and the Fox
written by Geoffrey Chaucer & adapted & illustrated by Barbara Cooney
JE CHA
cover 1958 Time of Wonder
written & illustrated by Robert McCloskey
JE MCC
cover 1957 A Tree Is Nice
written by Janice Udry & illustrated by Marc Simont
JE UDR
cover 1956 Frog Went A-Courtin'
retold by John Langstaff & illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
JE LAN
cover 1955 Cinderella, or, the Little Glass Slipper
retold & illustrated by Marcia Brown
J 398.20944 PER
cover 1954 Madeline's Rescue
written & illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans
JE BEM
cover 1953 The Biggest Bear
written & illustrated by Lynd Ward
JE WAR
cover 1952 Finders Keepers
written by Will & illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff
JE WIL
cover 1951 The Egg Tree
written & illustrated by Katherine Milhous
HOLIDAY JE MIL
cover 1950 Song of the Swallows
written & illustrated by Leo Politi
JE POL
cover 1949 The Big Snow
written & illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader
JE HAD
cover 1948 White Snow, Bright Snow
written by Alvin Tresselt & illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
JE TRE
cover 1947 The Little Island
written by Margaret Wise Brown under her pseudonym Golden MacDonald
illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
JE MAC
cover 1946 The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
written & illustrated by Maude and Miska Petersham
J 398.8 PET
cover 1945 Prayer for a Child
written by Rachel Field & illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
J 242.62 FIE
cover 1944 Many Moons
written by James Thurber & illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
J THURBER
cover 1943 The Little House
written & illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
JE BUR
cover 1942 Make Way for Ducklings
written & illustrated by Robert McCloskey
JE MCC
cover 1941 They Were Strong and Good
written & illustrated by Robert Lawson
J 929.2 LAW
cover 1940 Abraham Lincoln
written & illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
JB LINCOLN
cover 1939 Mei Li
written & illustrated by Thomas Handforth
JE HAN
cover 1938 Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book
text selected by Helen Dean Fish from the King James Bible & illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop
J 220.859 LAT

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