Caldecott Medal Books

 

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English

illustrator Randolph Caldecott.  Since 1938, it has been awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

           

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    Year               Call#                                                       Title                                                   Illustrator

2007          E  Wiesner                                 Flotsam                                                              David Wiesner        

2006          E  Juster                                     The Hello, Goodbye Window                             Chris Raschka

2005          E  Henkes                                  Kitten’s First Full Moon                                       Kevin Henkes

2004          E  Gerstein                                 The Man Who Walked Between the Towers    Mordicai Gerstein

2003          E  Rohmann                               My Friend Rabbit                                                Eric Rohmann

2002          E  Wiesner                                 The Three Pigs                                                   David Wiesner

2001          J 973  St. George                       So You Want to be President?                          David Small

2000          E  Taback                                   Joseph Had a Little Overcoat                            Simms Taback

1999          JB Bentley                                  Snowflake Bentley                                             Mary Azarian

1998          J 398.20943  Zelinsky                Rapunzel                                                            Paul Zelinsky

1997          J 398.2089924  Wisniewski       Golem                                                                David Wisniewski

1996          E  Rathmann                              Officer Buckle and Gloria                                   Peggy Rathmann

1995          E  Bunting                                  Smoky Night                                                       David Diaz

1994          E  Say                                        Grandfather’s Journey                                       Allen Say

1993          E  McCully                                  Mirette on the High Wire                                    Emily Arnold McCully

1992          E  Wiesner                                 Tuesday                                                             David Wiesner

1991          J Fic  Macaulay                          Black and White                                                 David Macaulay

1990          J 398.20951  Young                   Lon Po Po                                                          Ed Young

1989          E  Ackerman                              Song and Dance Man                                        Stephen Gammell

1988          E  Yolen                                      Owl Moon                                                           John Schoenherr

1987          E  Yorinks                                   Hey, Al                                                                Richard Egielski

1986          E  Van Allsburg                          Polar Express                                                    Chris Van Allsburg

   1985          J 398.22  Hodges                       Saint George and the Dragon                            Trina Schart Hyman

1984          JB  Bleriot                                   The Glorious Flight                                             Alice Provensen

1983          E  Cendrars                               Shadow                                                              Marcia Brown

1982          J Fic  Van Allsburg                     Jumanji                                                               Chris Van Allsburg

1981          J 398.245  Lobel                         Fables                                                                Arnold Lobel

1980          E  Hall                                         Ox-Cart Man                                                      Barbara Cooney

1979          E  Goble                                     The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses                      Paul Goble

1978          E  Spier                                      Noah’s Ark                                                          Peter Spier

1977          J 960  Musgrove                         Ashanti to Zulu                                                   Leo & Diane Dillon

1976          J 398.20966  Aardema               Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears           Leo & Diane Dillon

1975          J 398.208997  McDermott         Arrow to the Sun                                                Gerald McDermott

1974          J 398.20942  Zemach                Duffy and the Devil                                             Margot Zemach

1973          E  Mosel                                     The Funny Little Woman                                   Blair Lent

1972          E  Hogrogian                              One Fine Day                                                     Nonny Hogrogian

1971          J 398.2096  Haley                      A Story, A Story                                                  Gail Haley

1970          E  Steig                                      Sylvester and the Magic Pebble                        William Steig                             

1969          J 398.2094  Ransome               Fool of the World and the Flying Ship                Uri Shulevitz

1968          J 398.8  Emberley                      Drummer Hoff                                                    Barbara Emberley

1967          E  Ness                                      Sam, Bangs & Moonshine                                 Evaline Ness

1966          J 784.4  Leodhas                       Always Room for One More                              Nonny Hogrogian

1965          E  DeRegniers                           May I Bring a Friend?                                         Beni Montresor

          

 

 

    Year               Call#                                                       Title                                                   Illustrator

1964          E  Sendak                                  Where the Wild Things Are                               Maurice Sendak

1963          E  Keats                                     The Snowy Day                                                 Ezra Jack Keats

1962          J 398.20954  Once                    Once a Mouse...                                                Marcia Brown

1961          J 394.26947  Robbins (Holiday Collection)    Baboushka and the Three Kings         Nicolas Sidjakov

1960          E  Ets  (Holiday Collection)                   Nine Days to Christmas                                    Marie Hall Ets

1959          E  Chaucer                                 Chanticleer and the Fox                                     Barbara Cooney

1958          E  McCloskey                             Time of Wonder                                                 Robert McCloskey

1957          E  Udry                                       A Tree is Nice                                                    Marc Simont

1956          J 784.4  Frog                              Frog Went A-Courtin’                                         Feodor Rojankovsky

1955          J 398.20944  Perrault                 Cinderella                                                           Marcia Brown

1954          E  Bemelmans                           Madeline’s Rescue                                            Ludwig Bemelmans

1953          J Fic  Ward                                The Biggest Bear                                               Lynd Ward

1952          E  Lipkind                                   Finders Keepers                                                Nicholas Mordvinoff

1951          J Fic  Milhous                             The Egg Tree                                                     Katherine Milhous

1950          J Fic  Politi                                  Song of the Swallows                                        Leo Politi

1949          E  Hader                                     The Big Snow                                                    Berta Hader

1948          E  Tresselt                                 White Snow, Bright Snow                                  Roger Duvoisin

1947          E  Brown                                    The Little Island                                                  Leonard Weisgard

1946          J 398.8  Petersham                   The Rooster Crows                                           Maud Petersham

1945          J 242.82  Field                            Prayer for a Child                                               Elizabeth Jones

1944          J Fic  Thurber                             Many Moons                                                       Louis Slobodkin

1943          E  Burton                                    The Little House                                                 Virginia Lee Burton

1942          E  McCloskey                             Make Way for Ducklings                                    Robert McCloskey

1941          J 920  Lawson                            They Were Strong and Good                             Robert Lawson

1940          JB Lincoln                                  Abraham Lincoln                                                Ingri D’Aulaire

1939          E  Handforth                               Mei Li                                                                  Thomas Handforth

1938          J 220.859  Bible                         Animals of the Bible                                           Dorothy Lathrop

                       

 

 

 

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