Caldecott Award Winners

 

A Child’s Calendar – Updike  [ill: Hyman]  (2000 Honor)

Abraham Lincoln - Aulaire  [shelved under LIN] (1940 Medal)

Ageless Story, The - Ford (1940 Honor)

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse - Lionni (1970 Honor)

All Around the Town - McGinley (1949 Honor)

All Falling Down - Zion (1952 Honor)

All in the Morning Early - Leodhas (1964 Honor)

Alphabatics - MacDonald (1987 Honor)

Alphabet City - Johnson (1996 Honor)

Always Room for One More - Leodhas (1966 Medal)

Amazing Bone, The - Steig (1977 Honor)

America’s Ethan Allen - Holbrook (1950 Honor)

American ABC, An - Petersham (1942 Honor)

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti - McDermott ( 1973 Honor)

Anatole - Titus (1957 Honor)

Anatole and the Cat - Titus (1958 Honor)

Andy and the Lion - Daugherty (1939 Honor)

Angry Moon, The - Sleator  [ill: Lent]  (1971 Honor)

Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book - Fish (1938 Medal)

Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals - Eichenberg (1953 Honor)

April’s Kittens - Newberry (1941 Honor)

Arrow to the Sun - McDermott (1975 Medal)

Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions - Musgrove  [ill: Dillon]  (1977 Medal)

Babouska and the Three Kings - Robbins (1961 Medal)

Bambino the Clown - Schreiber (1948 Honor)

Barkis - Newberry (1939 Honor)

Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Seuss (1950 Honor)

Bear Party - du Bois (1952 Honor)

Ben’s Trumpet - Isadora (1980 Honor)

Big Snow, The - Hader (1949 Medal)

Biggest Bear, The - Ward (1953 Medal)

Bill Peet: An Autobiography - Peet (1990 Honor)

Black and White - Macaulay (1991 Medal)

Blueberries for Sal - McCloskey (1949 Honor)

Boats on the River - Flack (1947 Honor)

Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes - de Angeli [shelved under MOT] (1955 Honor)

Boy of the Three Year Nap, The - Snyder  [ill: Say]  (1989 Honor)

Bremen-Town Musicians, The - Plume (1981 Honor)

Casey At the Bat – Thayer  [ill: Bing]  (2001 Honor)

Castle - Macaulay (1978 Honor)

Cathedral - Macaulay (1974 Honor)

Chair for My Mother, A - Williams (1983 Honor)

Chanticleer and the Fox - Cooney (1959 Medal)

Child’s Good Night Book, A - Brown (1944 Honor)

Christmas Anna Angel, The - Sawyer (1945 Honor)

Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper – Perrault  [ill: Brown]  (1955 Medal)

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type – Cronin  [ill: Lewin]  (2001 Honor)

Cock-a-Doodle-Doo - Hader (1940 Honor)

Color Zoo - Ehlert (1990 Honor)

Coming on Home Soon – Woodson  [ill: Lewis]  (2005 Honor)

Contest, The - Hogrogian (1977 Honor)

Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, A - Frazee (2009 Honor)

Crow Boy - Yashimo (1956 Honor)

Dash and Dart - Buff (1943 Honor)

Day We Saw the Sun Come Up, The - Goudey (1962 Honor)

Desert is Theirs, The - Baylor  [ill: Parnall]  (1976 Honor)

Dick Whittington and his Cat - Brown (1951 Honor)

Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, The – Kerley  [ill: Selznick]  (2002 Honor)

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus – Willems (2004 Honor)

Drummer Hoff - Emberley (1968 Medal)

Duffy and The Devil - Zemach (1974 Medal)

Duke Ellington – A. Pinkney  [Ill: B. Pinkney]  (1999 Honor)

Egg Tree, The - Milhous (1951 Medal)

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed – Chodos-Irvine (2004 Honor)

Emperor and the Kite, The - Yolen (1968 Honor)

Fables - Lobel (1981 Medal)

Faithful Friend, The- San Souci (1996 Honor)

Feather Mountain - Olds (1952 Honor)

Finders Keepers - Will (1952 Medal)

First the Egg – Seeger (2008 Honor)

Fish for Supper - Goffstein (1977 Honor)

Fish in the Air - Wiese (1949 Honor)

Five Little Monkeys - Kepes (1953 Honor)

Flotsam - Wiesner (2007 Medal)

Fly High, Fly Low - Freeman (1958 Honor)

Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, The - Ransome (1969 Medal)

Forest Pool, The - Armer (1939 Honor)

Four and Twenty Blackbirds - Fish (1938 Honor)

Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night - Spier (1962 Honor)

Frederick - Lionni (1968 Honor)

Free Fall - Wiesner  (1989 Honor)

Freight Train - Crews (1979 Honor)

Frog and Toad Are Friends - Lobel (1971 Honor)

Frog Went A-Courtin’ - Langstaff (1956 Medal)

Funny Little Woman, The - Mosel (1973 Medal)

Garden of Abdul Gasazi, The - Van Allsburg (1980 Honor)

Gardener, The – Stewart  [ill: Small]  (1998 Honor)

Gillespie and the Guards - Elkin (1957 Honor)

Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, The - Goble (1979 Medal)

Glorious Flight, The - Provensen (1984 Medal)

Goggles! - Keats (1970 Honor)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Marshall (1989 Honor)

Golem - Wisniewski (1997 Medal)

Golem: A Jewish Legend, The - McDermott (1977 Honor)

Gone Wild - McLimans (2007 Honor)

Good-Luck Horse - Chan (1944 Honor)

Grandfather’s Journey - Lorraine (1994 Medal)

Graphic Alphabet, The - Pelletier (1997 Honor)

Green Eyes - Birnbaum (1954 Honor)

Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher, The - Bang (1981 Honor)

Hansel and Gretel - Lesser (1985 Honor)

Happy Day, The - Krauss (1950 Honor)

Harlem – W. Myers  [ill: C. Myers]  (1998 Honor)

Have You Seen My Duckling? - Tafuri (1985 Honor)

Hawk, I’m Your Brother - Baylor  [ill: Parnall]  (1977 Honor)

Hello, Goodbye Window, The – Juster [ill: Raschka] (2006 Medal)

Henry Fisherman - Brown (1950 Honor)

Hentry’s Freedom Box – Levine [ill. Nelson] (2008 Honor)

Herbert The Lion – Newberry (1998 Honor)

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins - Kimmel  [ill: Hyman]  (1990 Honor)

Hey, Al - Yorinks  [ill: Egielski]  (1987 Medal)

Hide and Seek Fog - Tresselt (1966 Honor)

Hildilid’s Night - Ryan  [ill: Lobel] (1972 Honor)

Hondo and Fabian – McCarty (2003 Honor)

Hosie’s Alphabet - Hosea, et al  [ill: Baskin] (1973 Honor)

Hot Air – Priceman (2006 Honor)

House in the Night, The - Krommes & Swanson (2009 Medal)

House That Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie, The - Fransconi (1959 Honor)

Houses From the Sea - Goudey (1960 Honor)

How I Learned Geography - Shulevitz (2009 Honor)

Hush! A Thai Lullaby - Ho (1997 Honor)

If All the Seas Were One Sea - Domanska (1972 Honor)

If I Ran the Zoo - Seuss (1951 Honor)

In My Mother’s House - Clark (1942 Honor)

In the Forest - Ets (1945 Honor)

In the Night Kitchen - Sendak (1971 Honor)

In the Small, Small Pond - Fleming ( 1994 Honor)

Inch by Inch - Lionni (1961 Honor)

Invention of Hugo Cabret, The – Selznick (2008 Medal)

It Could Always Be Worse - Zemach (1978 Honor)

Jambo Means Hello – M. Feelings  [ill: T. Feelings]  (1975 Honor)

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat - Taback (2000 Medal)

John Henry - Lester  [ill: Pinkney]  (1995 Honor)

Journey Cake, Ho! - Sawyer (1954 Honor)

Juanita - Politi (1949 Honor)

Judge: An Untrue Tale, The – H. Zemach  [ill: M. Zemach]  (1970 Honor)

Jumanji - Van Allsburg (1982 Medal)

Just Me - Ets (1966 Honor)

King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub – A. Wood  [ill: D. Wood]  (1986 Honor)

Kitten’s First Full Moon – Henkes (2005 Medal)

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale – Willems (2005 Honor)

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity – Willems (2008 Honors)

Lion - du Bois (1957 Honor)

Little Bear’s Visit - Minarik (1962 Honor)

Little House, The - Burton (1943 Medal)

Little Island, The - Brown (1947 Medal)

Little Lost Lamb - MacDonald, pseud. Brown (1946 Honor)

Little Red Riding Hood - Hyman (1984 Honor)

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China - Young (1990 Medal)

Madeline’s Rescue - Bemelmans (1954 Medal)

Madeline - Bemelmans (1940 Honor)

Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The – Gerstein (2004 Medal)

Make Way for Ducklings - McCloskey (1942 Medal)

Many Moons - Thurber (1944 Medal)

Marshmallow - Newberry (1943 Honor)

Martin’s Big Words – Rappaport  [ill: Collier]  (2002 Honor)

May I Bring A Friend - de Regniers (1965 Medal)

McElligot’s Pool - Seuss (1948 Honor)

Mei Li - Handforth (1939 Medal)

Mice Twice - Low (1981 Honor)

Mighty Hunter, The - Hader (1944 Honor)

Mirandy and Brother Wind - McKissack  [ill: Pinkney]  (1989 Honor)

Mirette on the High Wire - Arnold (1993 Medal)

Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book - M. Feelings  [ill: T. Feelings]   (1972 Honor)

Moon Jumpers, The - Udry (1960 Honor)

“More, More, More,” Said the Baby - Williams (1991 Honor)

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom - Weatherford [ill. Nelson]  (2007 Honor)

Most Wonderful Doll in the World, The - McGinley (1951 Honor)

Mother Goose - Tudor (1945 Honor)

Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes - Reed (1964 Honor)

Mr. Penny’s Race Horse - Ets (1957 Honor)

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present - Zolotow (1963 Honor)

Mr. T.W. Anthony Woo - Ets (1952 Honor)

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters - Steptoe (1988 Honor)

My Friend Rabbit – Rohmann (2003 Medal)

My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World - Reyher (1946 Honor)

Nine Days to Christmas - Ets and Labastida (1960 Medal)

No, David! - Shannon (1999 Honor)

Noah’s Ark - Spier (1978 Medal)

Noah’s Ark – Pinkney (2003 Honor)

Nothing At All - Gag (1942 Honor)

Officer Buckle and Gloria - Rathmann (1996 Medal)

Olivia – Falconer (2001 Honor)

On Market Street - Lobel (1982 Honor)

Once a Mouse - Brown (1962 Medal)

One Fine Day - Hogrogian (1972 Medal)

1 is One - Tudor (1957 Honor)

One Morning in Maine - McCloskey (1953 Honor)

One Wide River to Cross - Emberley (1967 Honor)

Outside Over There - Sendak (1982 Honor)

Owen - Henkes (1994 Honor)

Owl Moon – Yolen  [ill: Schoenherr]  (1988 Medal)

Ox-Cart Man - Hall (1980 Medal)

Paddle-To-The-Sea - Holling (1942 Honor)

Paperboy, The - Pilkey (1997 Honor)

Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street - Politi (1947 Honor)

Peppe the Lamplighter - Bartone  [ill: Lewin]  (1994 Honor)

Pierre Pigeon - Kingman (1944 Honor)

Play With Me - Ets (1956 Honor)

Pocketful of Cricket, A - Caudill (1965 Honor)

Polar Express, The - Van Allsburg (1986 Medal)

Pop Corn & Ma Goodness - Preston  [ill: Parker]  (1970 Honor)

Prayer for a Child - Field (1945 Medal)

Puss in Boots – Perrault  [ill: Brown]  (1953 Honor)

Puss in Boots – Perrault  [ill: Marcellino]  (1991 Honor)

Rain Drop Splash - Tresselt (1947 Honor)

Rain Makes Applesauce - Scheer (1965 Honor)

Rapunzel - Zelinksy (1998 Medal)

Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest - McDermott (1994 Honor)

Red Book, The – Lehman (2005 Honor)

Relatives Came, The - Rylant  [ill: Gammell]  (1986 Honor)

River of Words, A – Bryant [ill: Sweet] (2009 Honor)

Roger and the Fox - Davis (1948 Honor)

Rooster Crows, The - Petersham (1946 Medal)

Rosa – Giovanni  [ill: Collier]  (2006 Honor)

Rumpelstiltskin - Zelinsky (1987 Honor)

Saint George and the Dragon - Hodges  [ill: Hyman]  (1985 Medal)

Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine - Ness (1967 Medal)

Seashore Story - Yashima (1968 Honor)

Sector 7 - Wiesner (2000 Honor)

Seven Blind Mice - Young (1993 Honor)

Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale - Artzybasheff (1938 Honor)

Shadow - Brown (1983 Medal)

Sing in Praise - Wheeler (1947 Honor)

Sing Mother Goose - Wheeler (1946 Honor)

Skipper John’s Cook - Brown (1952 Honor)

Small Rain: Verses from the Bible - Jones (1944 Honor)

Smoky Night - Bunting (1995 Medal)

Smudge – Newberry (1975 Honor)

Snippy and Snappy – (1931 Honor)

Snow - Shulevitz (1999 Honor)

Snowflake Bentley - Briggs (1999 Medal)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Grimm  [ill: Ekholm]  (1973 Honor)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Grimm  [ill: Gag]  (1939 Honor)

Snowy Day, The - Keats (1963 Medal)

So You Want To Be President – Small (2001 Medal)

Song and Dance Man - Ackerman  [ill: Gammell]  (1989 Medal)

Song of Robin Hood - Malcolmson (1948 Honor)

Song of the Swallows - Politi (1950 Medal)

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems – Sidman  [ill: Prange]  (2006 Honor)

Spider and the Fly, The – Howett (2003 Honor)

Starry Messenger - Sis (1997 Honor)

Steadfast Tin Soldier, The - Anderson [ill: Brown] (1954 Honor)

Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The - Scieszka  [ill: Smith]  (1993 Honor)

Stone Soup - Brown (1948 Honor)

Storm Book, The - Zolotow (1953 Honor)

Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend, The - Steptoe (1985 Honor)

Story, A Story, A - Haley (1971 Medal)

Stray Dog, The – Simont (2002 Honor)

Strega Nona - de Paola (1976 Honor)

Sun is a Golden Earring, The - Belting (1963 Honor)

Swamp Angel - Issacs  [ill: Zelinsky]  (1995 Honor)

Swimmy - Lionni (1964 Honor)

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - Steig (1970 Medal)

T-Bone, the Baby Sitter - Newberry (1951 Honor)

Talking Eggs, The - San Souci  [ill: Pinkney]  (1990 Honor)

Tar Beach - Ringgold (1992 Honor)

Ten, Nine, Eight - Bang (1984 Honor)

Thanksgiving Story, The - Dalgliesh (1955 Honor)

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Taback (1998 Honor)

They Were Strong and Good - Lawson (1941 Medal)

Three Jovial Huntsman - Jeffers (1974 Honor)

Three Pigs, The – Wiesner (2002 Medal)

Thy Friend, Obadiah - Turkle (1970 Honor)

Tibet; Through the Red Box - Sis (1999 Honor)

Time Flies - Rohmann (1995 Honor)

Time of Wonder - McCloskey (1958 Medal)

Timothy Turtle - Graham (1947 Honor)

Tom Tit Tot - Ness (1966 Honor)

Tops and Bottoms - Stevens (1996 Honor)

Treasure, The - Shulevitz (1980 Honor)

Tree is Nice, A - Udry (1957 Medal)

Truck - Crews (1981 Honor)

Tuesday - Wiesner (1992 Medal)

Two Reds, The - Will (1951 Honor)

Ugly Duckling, The – Anderson  [ill: Pinkney]  (2000 Honor)

Umbrella - Yashimo (1959 Honor)

Very Special House, A - Krauss (1954 Honor)

Village of Round and Square Houses, The - Grifalconi  (1987 Honor)

Visit to William Blake’s Inn, A - Willard  [ill: A. & M. Provensen]  (1982 Honor)

Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, The – Sis (2008 Honor)

Wave, The - Hodges (1965 Honor)

Way to Start a Day, The - Baylor  [ill: Parnall]  (1979 Honor)

Wee Gillis - Leaf (1939 Honor)

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? – Jenkins & Page (2004 Honor)

What Do You Say, Dear? - Joslin (1959 Honor)

Wheel On The Chimney - Brown (1955 Honor)

When Clay Sings - Baylor  [ill: Bahti]  (1973 Honor)

When I Was Young in the Mountains – Rylant  [ill: Goode]  (1983 Honor)

When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry - Bang (2000 Honor)

When Will The World Be Mine? - Schlein (1954 Honor)

Where the Buffaloes Begin - Baker  [ill: Gammell]  (1982 Honor)

Where the Wild Things Are - Sendak (1964 Medal)

White Snow, Bright Snow -Tresselt (1948 Medal)

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears - Aardema  [ill: Dillon]  (1976 Medal)

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky - Dayrell (1969 Honor)

Wild Birthday Cake, The - Davis (1950 Honor)

Working Cotton – Williams  [ill: Byard]  (1993 Honor)

Yo! Yes? - Jackson (1994 Honor)

Yonie Wondernose - de Angeli (1945 Honor)

You Can Write Chinese - Wiese (1946 Honor)

Zen Shorts – Muth  (2006 Honor)

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin - Moss (1996 Honor)

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