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Kids' Catalog | Award Winners | Caldecott Medal Winners

Established in 1938 by the American Library Association, the Randolph Caldecott Medal is presented annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The recipient must be a citizen or resident of the United States. Randolph Caldecott Medal Terms and Criteria.

2008
Selznick, Brian.  The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Honor Books:
Nelson, Kadir (Text: Ellen Levine).  Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad.
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro.  First the Egg.
Sís, Peter.  The Wall: Growing up behind the Iron Curtain.
Willems, Mo.  Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity.

2007
Wiesner, David.  Flotsam.

Honor Books:
McLimans, David.  Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet.
Nelson, Kadir (Text: Carole Boston Weatherford).  Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom.

2006
Raschka, Chris (Text: Norton Juster).  The Hello, Goodbye Window.

Honor Books:
Collier, Bryan (Text: Nikki Giovanni).  Rosa.
Muth, John J.  Zen Shorts.
Priceman, Marjorie.  Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride.
Prange, Beckie (Text: Joyce Sidman).  Song of the Water Boatman, and Other Pond Poems.

2005
Henkes, Kevin.  Kitten's First Full Moon.

Honor Books:
Lehman, Barbara.  The Red Book.
Lewis, E. B. (Text: Jacqueline Woodson).  Coming on Home Soon.
Willems, Mo.  Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale.

2004
Gerstein, Mordicai.  The Man Who Walked between the Towers.

Honor Books:
Chodos-Irvine, Margaret.  Ella Sarah Gets Dressed.
Jenkins, Steve, and Robin Page.  What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
Willems, Mo.  Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
 
2003
Rohmann, Eric.  My Friend Rabbit.

Honor Books:
DiTerlizzi, Tony (Text: Mary Howitt).  The Spider and The Fly.
McCarty, Peter.  Hondo & Fabian.
Pinkney, Jerry.  Noah's Ark.

2002
Wiesner, David.  The Three Pigs.

Honor Books:
Collier, Bryan (Text: Doreen Rappaport).  Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Selznick, Brian (Text: Barbara Kerley).  The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer.
Simont, Marc.  The Stray Dog.

2001
Small, David.  So You Want to be President?

Honor Books:
Bing, Christopher.  Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888.
Lewin, Betsy.  Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.
Falconer, Ian.  Olivia.

2000
Taback, Simms.  Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.

Honor Books:
Bang, Molly.  When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry...
Hyman, Trina Schart (Text: John Updike).  A Child's Calendar: Poems.
Pinkney, Jerry.  The Ugly Duckling.
Wiesner, David.  Sector 7.

Honor Books:
Pinkney, Brian (Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney).  Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra.
Shannon, David.  No, David!
Schulevitz, Uri.  Snow.
Sis, Peter.  Tibet: Through the Red Box.

1998
Zelinsky, Paul O.  Rapunzel.

1997
Wisniewski, David.  Golem.

Honor Books:
Meade, Holly (Text: Minfong Ho).  Hush! A Thai Lullaby.
Pelletier, David.  The Graphic Alphabet.
Pilkey, Dav.  The Paperboy.
Sis, Peter.  Starry Messenger: A Book Depicting the Life of a Famous Scientist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Physicist, Galileo Galilei.

1996
Rathmann, Peggy.  Officer Buckle and Gloria.

Honor Books:
Johnson, Stephen T.  Alphabet City.
Pinkney, Brian (Text: Robert D. San Souci).  The Faithful Friend.
Priceman, Marjorie (Text: Lloyd Moss).  Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin.
Stevens, Janet.  Tops and Bottoms.

1994
Say, Allen.  Grandfather’s Journey.

Honor Books:
Fleming, Denise.  In the Small, Small Pond.
Henkes, Kevin.  Owen.
Lewin, Ted (Text: Elisa Bartone).  Peppe, the Lamplighter.
McDermott, Gerald.  Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest.
Raschka, Chris.  Yo! Yes?

1993
McCully, Emily Arnold.  Mirette on the High Wire.

Honor Books:
Byard, Carol (Text: Sherley Anne Williams).  Working Cotton.
Smith, Lane (Text: Jon Scieszka).  The Stinky Cheese Man, and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.
Young, Ed.  Seven Blind Mice.

1992
Wiesner, David.  Tuesday.

Honor Books:
Ringgold, Faith.  Tar Beach.

1991
Macaulay, David.  Black and White.

Honor Books:
Marcellino, Fred (Text: Charles Perrault).  Puss in Boots.
Williams, Vera B.  "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories.

1990
Young, Ed.  Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China.

Honor Books:
Ehlert, Lois.  Color Zoo.
Hyman, Trina Schart (Text: Eric Kimmel).  Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.
Peet, Bill.  Bill Peet: An Autobiography.
Pinkney, Jerry (Text: Robert D. Dan Souci).  The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South.

Honor Books:
Marshall, James.  Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Pinkney, Jerry (Text: Patricia C. McKissack).  Mirandy and Brother Wind.
Say, Allen (Text: Karen Ackerman).  The Boy of the Three-Year Nap.
Wiesner, David.  Free Fall.

Honor Books:
Steptoe, John.  Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale.

1986
Van Allsburg, Chris.  The Polar Express.

1985
Hyman, Trina Schart (Text: Margaret Hodges).  Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend.

Honor Books:
Steptoe, John.  The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend.
Tafuri, Nancy.  Have You Seen My Duckling?
Zelinsky, Paul O.  Hansel and Gretel.

1984
Provensen, Alice and Martin.  The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909.

Honor Books:
Bang, Molly.  Ten, Nine, Eight.
Hyman, Trina Schart.  Little Red Riding Hood.

1983
Brown, Marcia (Text: Blaise Cendrars).  Shadow.

Honor Books:
Goode, Diane (Text: Cynthia Rylant).  When I Was Young in the Mountains.
Williams, Vera B.  A Chair for My Mother.

1982
Van Allsburg, Chris.  Jumanji.

Honor Books:
Gammell, Stephen (Text: Olaf Baker).  Where the Buffaloes Begin.
Lobel, Anita (Text: Arnold Lobel).  On Market Street.
Provensen, Alice and Martin (Text: Nancy Willard).  A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers.
Sendak, Maurice.  Outside over There.

1981
Lobel, Arnold.  Fables.

Honor Books:
Bang, Molly.  The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher.
Crews, Donald.  Truck.
Low, Joseph.  Mice Twice.
Plume, Ilse.  The Bremen Town Musicians.

1980
Cooney, Barbara (Text: Donald Hall).  Ox-Cart Man.

Honor Books:
Isadora, Rachel.  Ben's Trumpet.
Shulevitz, Uri.  The Treasure.
Van Allsburg, Chris.  The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.

1979
Goble, Paul.  The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.

Honor Books:
Crews, Donald.  Freight Train.
Parnall, Peter (Text: Byrd Baylor).  The Way to Start a Day.

1978
Spier, Peter.  Noah's Ark.

Honor Books:
Macaulay, David.  Castle.
Zemach, Margot.  It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale.

1977
Dillon, Leo, and Diane Dillon (Text: Margaret Musgrove).  Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions.

Honor Books:
Goffstein, M.B.  Fish for Supper.
Hogrogian, Nonny.  The Contest.
McDermott, Beverly Brodsky.  The Golem: A Jewish Legend.
Parnall, Peter (Text: Byrd Baylor).  Hawk, I'm Your Brother.
Steig, William.  The Amazing Bone.

1976
Dillon, Leo, and Diane Dillon (Text: Verna Aardema).  Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale.

1975
McDermott, Gerald.  Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale.

Honor Books:
Feelings, Tom (Text: Muriel Feelings).  Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book.

1974
Zemach, Margot (Text: Harve Zemach).  Duffy and the Devil.

Honor Books:
Jeffers, Susan.  Three Jovial Huntsmen.
Macaulay, David.  Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction.

1973
Lent, Blair (Text: Arlene Mosel).  The Funny Little Woman.

Honor Books:
Bahti, Tom (Text: Byrd Baylor).  When Clay Sings.
Baskin, Leonard (Text: Hosea, Tobias and Lisa Baskin).  Hosie's Alphabet.
Burkert, Nancy Ekholm.  Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs.
McDermott, Gerald.  Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti.

1972
Hogrogian, Nonny.  One Fine Day.

Honor Books:
Domanska, Janina.  If All the Seas Were One Sea.
Feelings, Tom (Text: Muriel Feelings).  Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book.
Lobel, Arnold (Text: Cheli Durán).  Hildilid's Night.

1971
Haley, Gail E.  A Story, a Story: An African Tale.

Honor Books:
Lent, Blair (Text: William Sleator).  The Angry Moon.
Lobel, Arnold.  Frog and Toad Are Friends.
Sendak, Maurice.  In the Night Kitchen.

1970
Steig, William.  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.

Honor Books:
Keats, Ezra Jack.  Goggles.
Lionni, Leo.  Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse.
Parker, Robert Andrew (Text: Edna Mitchell Preston).  Pop Corn and Ma Goodness.
Turkle, Brinton.  Thy Friend, Obadiah.
Zemach, Margot (Text: Harve Zemach).  The Judge: An Untrue Tale.

1969
Shulevitz, Uri (Text: Arthur Ransome).  The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale.

Honor Book:
Lent, Blair (Text: Elphinstone Dayrell).  Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky: An African Folktale.

1968
Emberley, Ed (Text: Barbara Emberley).  Drummer Hoff.

Honor Books:
Lionni, Leo.  Frederick.
Yashima, Taro.  Seashore Story.
Young, Ed (Text: Jane Yolen).  The Emperor and the Kite.

1967
Ness, Evaline.  Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine.

Honor Book:
Emberley, Ed (Text: Barbara Emberley).  One Wide River to Cross.

1966
Hogrogian, Nonny (Text: Sorche Nic Leodhas).  Always Room for One More.

Honor Books:
Duvoisin, Roger (Text: Alvin Tresselt).  Hide and Seek Fog.
Ets, Marie Hall.  Just Me.
Ness, Evaline.  Tom Tit Tot: An English Folk Tale.

Honor Books:
Bileck, Marvin (Text: Julian Scheer).  Rain Makes Applesauce.
Lent, Blair (Text: Margaret Hodges).  The Wave.
Ness, Evaline (Text: Rebecca Caudill).  A Pocketful of Cricket.

1964
Sendak, Maurice.  Where the Wild Things Are.

1963
Keats, Ezra Jack.  The Snowy Day.

Honor Books:
Bryson, Bernarda (Text: Natalia M. Belting).  The Sun Is a Golden Earring.
Sendak, Maurice (Text: Charlotte Zolotow).  Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present.

1962
Brown, Marcia.  Once a Mouse… A Fable Cut in Wood.

Honor Books:
Adams, Adrienne (Text: Alice E. Goudey).  The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up.
Sendak, Maurice (Text: Else Holmelund Minarik).  Little Bear's Visit.
Spier, Peter.  The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song.

1961
Sidjakov, Nicolas (Text: Ruth Robbins).  Baboushka and the Three Kings.

Honor Book:
Lionni, Leo.  Inch by Inch.

1960
Ets, Marie Hall (Text: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida).  Nine Days to Christmas.

Honor Books:
Adams, Adrienne (Text: Alice E. Goudey).  Houses from the Sea.
Sendak, Maurice (Text: Janice May Udry).  The Moon Jumpers.

1959
Cooney, Barbara (Text: adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer).  Chanticleer and the Fox.

Honor Books:
Frasconi, Antonio. The House That Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques a Batie.
Sendak, Maurice (Text: Sesyle Joslin).  What Do You Say, Dear?
Yashima, Taro.  Umbrella.

1958
McCloskey, Robert.  Time of Wonder.

Honor Books:
Freeman, Don.  Fly High, Fly Low.
Galdone, Paul (Text: Eve Titus).  Anatole and the Cat.

1957
Simont, Marc (Text: Janice May Udry).  A Tree Is Nice.

Honor Books:
Daugherty, James (Text: Benjamin Elkin).  Gillespie and the Guards.
du Bois, William Pčne.  Lion.
Ets, Marie Hall.  Mr. Penny's Race Horse.
Galdone, Paul (Text: Eve Titus).  Anatole.
Tudor, Tasha.  1 Is One.

1956
Rojankovsky, Feodor (Text: John Langstaff).  Frog Went A-Courtin’.

Honor Books:
Ets, Marie Hall.  Play with Me.
Yashima, Taro.  Crow Boy.

1955
Brown, Marcia (Text: Charles Perrault).  Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper.

Honor Books:
de Angeli, Marguerite.  Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes.
Gergely, Tibor (Text: Margaret Wise Brown).  Wheel on the Chimney.
Sewell, Helen (Text: Alice Dalgliesh).  The Thanksgiving Story.

1954
Bemelmans, Ludwig.  Madeline’s Rescue.

Honor Books:
Birnbaum, A.  Green Eyes.
Brown, Marcia (Text: Hans Christian Andersen).  The Steadfast Tin Soldier.
Charlot, Jean (Text: Miriam Schlein).  When Will the World Be Mine?
McCloskey, Robert (Text: Ruth Sawyer).  Journey Cake, Ho!
Sendak, Maurice (Text: Ruth Krauss).  A Very Special House.

1953
Ward, Lynd.  The Biggest Bear.

Honor Books:
Brown, Marcia (Text: Charles Perrault).  Puss in Boots.
Eichenberg, Fritz.  Ape in a Cape.
Graham, Margaret Bloy (Text: Charlotte Zolotow).  The Storm Book.
Kepes, Juliet.  Five Little Monkeys.
McCloskey, Robert.  One Morning in Maine.

1951
Milhous, Katherine.  The Egg Tree.

Honor Books:
Brown, Marcia.  Dick Whittington and His Cat.
Mordvinoff, Nicolas (Text: Will Lipkind).  The Two Reds.
Newberry, Clare.  T-Bone, the Baby Sitter.
Seuss, Dr.  If I Ran the Zoo.
Stone, Helen (Text: Phyllis McGinley).  The Most Wonderful Doll in the World.

1950
Politi, Leo.  Song of the Swallows.

1949
Hader, Berta, and Elmer Hader.  The Big Snow.

1948
Duvoisin, Roger (Text: Alvin R. Tresselt).  White Snow, Bright Snow.

1947
Weisgard, Leonard (Text: Golden MacDonald).  The Little Island.

Honor Books:
Barnum, Jay Hyde (Text: Marjorie Flack).  Boats on the River.
Palazzo, Tony (Text: Al Graham).  Timothy Turtle.
Politi, Leo.  Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street.
Torrey, Marjorie (Text: selected by Opal Wheeler).  Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns.
Weisgard, Leonard (Text: Alvin Tresselt).  Rain Drop Splash.

1946
Petersham, Maud and Miska.  The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles.

1945
Jones, Elizabeth Orton (Text: Rachel Field).  Prayer for a Child.

Honor Books:
de Angeli, Marguerite.  Yonie Wondernose.
Ets, Marie Hall.  In the Forest.
Seredy, Kate (Text: Ruth Sawyer).  The Christmas Anna Angel.
Tudor, Tasha.  Mother Goose.

1944
Slobodkin, Louis (Text: James Thurber).  Many Moons.

1943
Burton, Virginia Lee.  The Little House.

1942
McCloskey, Robert.  Make Way for Ducklings.

1940
d'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire.  Abraham Lincoln.

1939
Handforth, Thomas.  Mei Li.

Honor Books:
Armer, Laura Adams. The Forest Pool.
Daugherty, James.  Andy and the Lion.
Gág, Wanda (Text: Jacob Grimm).  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Lawson, Robert (Text: Munro Leaf).  Wee Gillis.
Newberry, Clare.  Barkis.

1938
Lathrop, Dorothy P.  Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book.

Honor Books:
Artzybasheff, Boris. Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale.
Lawson, Robert (Text: Helen Dean Fish).  Four and Twenty Blackbirds.