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.
YEAR |
ILLUSTRATOR |
TITLE |
LOCATION |
| 2011 | Philip Christian Stead | A Sick Day for Amos McGee | |
| 2010 | Jerry Pinkney | The Lion & the Mouse | JUV. PZ 8.2 .P456 L5 2009 |
| 2009 | Beth Krommes | The House in the Night | JUV. PZ 7 .S97255 H68 2008 |
| 2008 | Brian Selznick | The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures | Juv. PZ 7 .S4654 I58 2007 |
| 2007 | David Wiesner | Flotsam | Juv. PZ 7 .W6367 F46 2006 |
| 2006 | Chris Raschka | The Hello Goodbye Window | Juv. PZ 7 .J984 H4 2005 |
| 2005 | Kevin Henkes | Kitten's First Full Moon | Juv. PZ 7 .H389 K5 2004 |
| 2004 | Mordicai Gerstein | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Juv. GV551 .G47 2003 |
| 2003 | Eric Rohmann | My Friend Rabbit | Juv. PZ 7 .R6413 M9 2002 |
| 2002 | David Wiesner | The Three Pigs | Juv. PZ 7 .W6367 T5 2001 |
| 2001 | Judith St. George | So You Want to be President | Juv. E 176.1 .S699 2000 |
| 2000 | Simms Taback | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Juv. PZ 7 .T1115 J6 1999 |
| 1999 | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | Snowflake Bentley | Juv. QC 858 .B46 M37 1998 |
| 1998 | Paul O. Zelinsky | Rapunzel | Juv. PZ 8 .Z38 R36 1997 |
| 1997 | David Wisniewski | Golem | Juv. BM 531 .W57 1996 |
| 1996 | Peggy Rathman | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Juv. PZ 7 .R1936 O4 1995 |
| 1995 | David Diaz | Smoky Night | Juv. PZ 7 .B91507 S55 1994 |
| 1994 | Allen Say | Grandfather's Journey | Juv. PZ 7 .S2744 G7 1993 |
| 1993 | Emily Arnold McCully | Mirette on the High Wire | Juv. PZ 7 .M478415 M5 1992 |
| 1992 | David Wiesner | Tuesday | Juv. PZ 7 .W6367 T8 1991 |
| 1991 | David Macaulay | Black and White | Juv. PZ 7 .M1197 B4 1990 |
| 1990 | Ed Young | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China | Juv. PZ 8.1 .Y84 L6 1989 |
| 1989 | Stephen Gammell | Song and Dance Man | Juv. PZ 7 .A1824 S6 1988 |
| 1988 | John Schoenherr | Owl Moon | Juv. PZ 7 .Y78 O9 1987 |
| 1987 | Richard Egielski | Hey, Al | Juv. PZ 7 .Y819 H4 1986 |
| 1986 | Chris Van Allsburg | The Polar Express | Juv. PZ 7 .V266 P6 1985 |
| 1985 | Trina Schart Hyman | Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend | Juv. PZ 8.1 .H69 S3 1984 |
| 1984 | Alice and Martin Provensen | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909 | Juv. TL 721 .B5 P76 1983 |
| 1983 | Marcia Brown | Shadow | Juv. PQ 2605 .E55 F4713 1982 |
| 1982 | Chris Van Allsburg | Jumanji | Juv. PZ 7 .V266 J8 |
| 1981 | Arnold Lobel | Fables | Juv. PZ 8.2 .L6 F3 |
| 1980 | Barbara Cooney | Ox-Cart Man | Juv. PZ 7 .H14115 O9 |
| 1979 | Paul Goble | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Juv. PZ 8 .G537 G5 |
| 1978 | Peter Spier | Noah's Ark | Juv. PZ 8.3 .R3 N6 1977 |
| 1977 | Leo and Diane Dillon | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Juv. GN 645 .M87 |
| 1976 | Leo and Diane Dillon | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale | Juv. PZ 8.1 .A213 W48 |
| 1975 | Gerald McDermott | Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale | Juv. PZ 8.1 .M159 A7 |
| 1974 | Margot Zemach | Duffy and the Devil | Juv. PZ 8.1 .Z38 D8 |
| 1973 | Blair Lent | The Funny Little Woman | Juv. PZ 8.1 .M8346 F8 |
| 1972 | Nonny Hogrogian | One Fine Day | Juv. PZ 7 .H6844 O5 |
| 1971 | Gail E. Haley | A Story, a Story: An African Tale | Juv. PZ 8.1 .H139 S8 |
| 1970 | William Steig | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | Juv. PZ 10.3 .S816 S9 |
| 1969 | Uri Shulevitz | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale | Juv. PZ 8 .R174 F6 |
| 1968 | Ed Emberley | Drummer Hoff | Juv. PZ 8.3 .E515 D7 |
| 1967 | Evaline Ness | Sam, Bangs and Moonshine | Juv. PZ 7 .N4384 S2 |
| 1966 | Nonny Hogrogian | Always Room for One More | Juv. PZ 8.3 L5492 A45 1965 |
| 1965 | Beni Montresor | May I Bring a Friend? | Juv. PZ 7 .D4417 M3 |
| 1964 | Maurice Sendak | Where the Wild Things Are | Juv. PZ 8 .S3294 W4 |
| 1963 | Ezra Jack Keats | The Snowy Day | Juv. PZ 7 .K2253 S6 |
| 1962 | Marcia Brown | Once a Mouse ... A Fable Cut in Wood | Juv. PZ 8.2 .H5 O5 |
| 1961 | Nicolas Sidjakov | Baboushka and the Three Kings | Juv. PZ 8.1 .R5 B3 |
| 1960 | Marie Hall Ets | Nine Days to Christmas | Juv. PZ 7 .E855 N5 |
| 1959 | Barbara Cooney | Chanticleer and the Fox | Juv. PZ 8.2 .C47 C4 |
| 1958 | Robert McCloskey | Time of Wonder | Juv. PZ 7 .M1336 T5 |
| 1957 | Marc Simont | A Tree is Nice | Juv. PZ 10 .U4 T7 |
| 1956 | Feodor Rojankovsky | Frog Went a-Courtin' | Juv. PZ 8.3 .F92 F7 |
| 1955 | Marcia Brown | Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper | Juv. PZ 8 .P426 C5 |
| 1954 | Ludwig Bemelmans | Madeline's Rescue | Juv. PZ 8.3 .B425 M35 |
| 1953 | Lynd Ward | The Biggest Bear | Juv. PZ 10.3 .W214 B5 |
| 1950 | Nicolas Mordvinoff | Finders Keepers | Juv. PZ 10.3 .L647 F5 |
| 1951 | Katherine Milhous | The Egg Tree | Juv. PZ 4 .M596 E3 |
| 1950 | Leo Politi | Song of the Swallows | Juv. PZ 7 .P753 S6 |
| 1949 | Berta and Elmer Hader | The Big Snow | Juv. PZ 10.3 .H117 B5 |
| 1948 | Roger Duvoisin | White Snow, Bright Snow | Juv. PZ 7.7 .T732 W4 |
| 1947 | Leonard Weisgard | The Little Island | Juv. PZ 8.3 .B815 L5 |
| 1946 | Maud and Miska Petersham | The Rooster Crows; A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles | Juv. PZ 8.3 .P447 R6 |
| 1945 | Elizabeth Orton Jones | Prayer for a Child | Juv. BV 265 .F5 |
| 1944 | Louis Slobodkin | Many Moons | Juv. PZ 7 .T422 M3 |
| 1943 | Virginia Lee Burton | The Little House | Juv. PZ 7 .B954 L5 |
| 1942 | Robert McCloskey | Make Way for Ducklings | Juv. PZ 10.3 .M1295 M28 |
| 1941 | Robert Lawson | They Were Strong and Good | Juv. PZ 7 .L4384 T4 |
| 1940 | Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire | Abraham Lincoln | Juv. E 457.905 .A86 |
| 1939 | Thomas Handforth | Mei Li | Juv. PZ 7 H192 M4 |
| 1938 | Dorothy P. Lathrop | Animals of the Bible; A Picture Book | Juv. BS 663 B5 |
