Caldecott Medal
The Randolph Caldecott Medal is an award for the previous year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It started with books in 1937.
| Year | Author | Book | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Dorothy P. Lathrop | Animals of the Bible | Winner |
| Robert Lawson | Four and Twenty Blackbirds | Honor | |
| Boris Artzybasheff | Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale | Honor | |
| 1939 | Thomas Handforth | Mei Li | Winner |
| James Daugherty | Andy and the Lion | Honor | |
| Clare Turlay Newberry | Barkis | Honor | |
| Laura Adams Armer | The Forest Pool | Honor | |
| Wanda Gág | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Honor | |
| Robert Lawson | Wee Gillis | Honor | |
| 1940 | Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire | Abraham Lincoln | Winner |
| Berta and Elmer Hader | Cock-a-Doodle Doo | Honor | |
| Ludwig Bemelmans | Madeline | Honor | |
| Lauren Ford | The Ageless Story | Honor | |
| 1941 | Robert Lawson | They Were Strong and Good | Winner |
| Clare Turlay Newberry | April's Kittens | Honor | |
| 1942 | Robert McCloskey | Make Way for Ducklings | Winner |
| Maud and Miska Petersham | An American ABC | Honor | |
| Velino Herrera | In My Mother's House | Honor | |
| Holling C. Holling | Paddle-to-the-Sea | Honor | |
| Wanda Gág | Nothing At All | Honor | |
| 1943 | Virginia Lee Burton | The Little House | Winner |
| Mary and Conrad Buff | Dash and Dart | Honor | |
| Clare Turlay Newberry | Marshmallow | Honor | |
| 1944 | Louis Slobodkin | Many Moons | Winner |
| Elizabeth Orton Jones | Small Rain: Verses From The Bible | Honor | |
| Arnold E. Bare | Pierre Pidgeon | Honor | |
| Berta and Elmer Hader | The Mighty Hunter | Honor | |
| Jean Charlot | A Child's Good Night Book | Honor | |
| Plato Chan | The Good-Luck Horse | Honor | |
| 1945 | Elizabeth Orton Jones | Prayer for a Child | Winner |
| Tasha Tudor | Mother Goose | Honor | |
| Marie Hall Ets | In the Forest | Honor | |
| Marguerite de Angeli | Yonie Wondernose | Honor | |
| Kate Seredy | The Christmas Anna Angel | Honor | |
| 1946 | Maud and Miska Petersham | The Rooster Crows | Winner |
| Leonard Weisgard | Little Lost Lamb | Honor | |
| Marjorie Torrey | Sing Mother Goose | Honor | |
| Ruth Stiles Gannett | My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World | Honor | |
| Kurt Wiese | You Can Write Chinese | Honor | |
| 1947 | Leonard Weisgard | The Little Island | Winner |
| Leonard Weisgard | Rain Drop Splash | Honor | |
| Jay Hyde Barnum | Boats on the River | Honor | |
| Tony Palazzo | Timothy Turtle | Honor | |
| Leo Politi | Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street | Honor | |
| Marjorie Torrey | Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns | Honor | |
| 1948 | Roger Duvoisin | White Snow, Bright Snow | Winner |
| Marcia Brown | Stone Soup | Honor | |
| Dr. Seuss | McElligot's Pool | Honor | |
| Georges Schreiber | Bambino the Clown | Honor | |
| Hildegard Woodward | Roger and the Fox | Honor | |
| Virginia Lee Burton | Song of Robin Hood | Honor | |
| 1949 | Berta and Elmer Hader | The Big Snow | Winner |
| Robert McCloskey | Blueberries for Sal | Honor | |
| Helen Stone | All Around the Town | Honor | |
| Leo Politi | Juanita | Honor | |
| Kurt Wiese | Fish in the Air | Honor | |
| 1950 | Leo Politi | Song of the Swallows | Winner |
| Lynd Ward | America's Ethan Allen | Honor | |
| Hildegard Woodward | The Wild Birthday Cake | Honor | |
| Marc Simont | The Happy Day | Honor | |
| Dr. Seuss | Bartholomew and the Oobleck | Honor | |
| Marcia Brown | Henry Fisherman | Honor | |
| 1951 | Katherine Milhous | The Egg Tree | Winner |
| Marcia Brown | Dick Whittington and His Cat | Honor | |
| Nicholas Mordvinoff | The Two Reds | Honor | |
| Dr. Seuss | If I Ran the Zoo | Honor | |
| Helen Stone | The Most Wonderful Doll in the World | Honor | |
| Clare Turlay Newberry | T-Bone, the Baby Sitter | Honor | |
| 1952 | Nicholas Mordvinoff | Finders Keepers | Winner |
| Marie Hall Ets | Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo | Honor | |
| Marcia Brown | Skipper John's Cook | Honor | |
| Margaret Bloy Graham | All Falling Down | Honor | |
| William Pène du Bois | Bear Party | Honor | |
| Elizabeth Olds | Feather Mountain | Honor | |
| 1953 | Lynd Ward | The Biggest Bear | Winner |
| Marcia Brown | Puss in Boots | Honor | |
| Robert McCloskey | One Morning in Maine | Honor | |
| Fritz Eichenberg | Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals | Honor | |
| Margaret Bloy Graham | The Storm Book | Honor | |
| Juliet Kepes | Five Little Monkeys | Honor | |
| 1954 | Ludwig Bemelmans | Madeline's Rescue | Winner |
| Robert McCloskey | Journey Cake, Ho! | Honor | |
| Jean Charlot | When Will the World Be Mine? | Honor | |
| Marcia Brown | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Honor | |
| Maurice Sendak | A Very Special House | Honor | |
| A. Birnbaum | Green Eyes | Honor | |
| 1955 | Marcia Brown | Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper | Winner |
| Marguerite de Angeli | Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes | Honor | |
| Tibor Gergely | Wheel on the Chimney | Honor | |
| Helen Sewell | The Thanksgiving Story | Honor | |
| 1956 | Feodor Rojankovsky | Frog Went A-Courtin' | Winner |
| Marie Hall Ets | Play With Me | Honor | |
| Taro Yashima | Crow Boy | Honor | |
| 1957 | Marc Simont | A Tree Is Nice | Winner |
| Marie Hall Ets | Mr. Penny's Race Horse | Honor | |
| Tasha Tudor | 1 Is One | Honor | |
| Paul Galdone | Anatole | Honor | |
| James Daugherty | Gillespie and the Guards | Honor | |
| William Pène du Bois | Lion | Honor | |
| 1958 | Robert McCloskey | Time of Wonder | Winner |
| Don Freeman | Fly High, Fly Low | Honor | |
| Paul Galdone | Anatole and the Cat | Honor | |
| 1959 | Barbara Cooney | Chanticleer and the Fox | Winner |
| Antonio Frasconi | The House that Jack Built: La Maison Que Jacques A Batie | Honor | |
| Maurice Sendak | What Do You Say, Dear? | Honor | |
| Taro Yashima | Umbrella | Honor | |
| 1960 | Marie Hall Ets | Nine Days to Christmas | Winner |
| Adrienne Adams | Houses from the Sea | Honor | |
| Maurice Sendak | The Moon Jumpers | Honor | |
| 1961 | Nicolas Sidjakov | Baboushka and the Three Kings | Winner |
| Leo Lionni | Inch by Inch | Honor | |
| 1962 | Marcia Brown | Once a Mouse | Winner |
| Peter Spier | Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song | Honor | |
| Maurice Sendak | Little Bear's Visit | Honor | |
| Adrienne Adams | The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up | Honor | |
| 1963 | Ezra Jack Keats | The Snowy Day | Winner |
| Bernarda Bryson | The Sun Is a Golden Earring | Honor | |
| Maurice Sendak | Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present | Honor | |
| 1964 | Maurice Sendak | Where the Wild Things Are | Winner |
| Leo Lionni | Swimmy | Honor | |
| Evaline Ness | All in the Morning Early | Honor | |
| Philip Reed | Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes | Honor | |
| 1965 | Beni Montresor | May I Bring a Friend? | Winner |
| Marvin Bileck | Rain Makes Applesauce | Honor | |
| Blair Lent | The Wave | Honor | |
| Evaline Ness | A Pocketful of Cricket | Honor | |
| 1966 | Nonny Hogrogian | Always Room for One More | Winner |
| Roger Duvoisin | Hide and Seek Fog | Honor | |
| Marie Hall Ets | Just Me | Honor | |
| Evaline Ness | Tom Tit Tot | Honor | |
| 1967 | Evaline Ness | Sam, Bangs and Moonshine | Winner |
| Ed Emberley | One Wide River to Cross | Honor | |
| 1968 | Ed Emberley | Drummer Hoff | Winner |
| Leo Lionni | Frederick | Honor | |
| Taro Yashima | Seashore Story | Honor | |
| Ed Young | The Emperor and the Kite | Honor | |
| 1969 | Uri Shulevitz | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | Winner |
| Blair Lent | Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky | Honor | |
| 1970 | William Steig | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | Winner |
| Ezra Jack Keats | Goggles! | Honor | |
| Leo Lionni | Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse | Honor | |
| Robert Andrew Parker | Pop Corn & Ma Goodness | Honor | |
| Brinton Turkle | Thy Friend, Obadiah | Honor | |
| Margot Zemach | The Judge: An Untrue Tale | Honor | |
| 1971 | Gail E. Haley | A Story a Story | Winner |
| Blair Lent | The Angry Moon | Honor | |
| Arnold Lobel | Frog and Toad Are Friends | Honor | |
| Maurice Sendak | In the Night Kitchen | Honor | |
| 1972 | Nonny Hogrogian | One Fine Day | Winner |
| Arnold Lobel | Hildilid's Night | Honor | |
| Janina Domanska | If All the Seas Were One Sea | Honor | |
| Tom Feelings | Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book | Honor | |
| 1973 | Blair Lent | The Funny Little Woman | Winner |
| Gerald McDermott | Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti | Honor | |
| Leonard Baskin | Hosie's Alphabet | Honor | |
| Nancy Ekholm Burkert | Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs | Honor | |
| Tom Bahti | When Clay Sings | Honor | |
| 1974 | Margot Zemach | Duffy and the Devil | Winner |
| Susan Jeffers | Three Jovial Huntsmen | Honor | |
| David Macaulay | Cathedral | Honor | |
| 1975 | Gerald McDermott | Arrow to the Sun | Winner |
| Tom Feelings | Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book | Honor | |
| 1976 | Leo and Diane Dillon | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Winner |
| Peter Parnall | The Desert Is Theirs | Honor | |
| Tomie dePaola | Strega Nona | Honor | |
| 1977 | Leo and Diane Dillon | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Winner |
| William Steig | The Amazing Bone | Honor | |
| Nonny Hogrogian | The Contest | Honor | |
| M. B. Goffstein | Fish for Supper | Honor | |
| Beverly Brodsky McDermott | The Golem: A Jewish Legend | Honor | |
| Peter Parnall | Hawk, I'm Your Brother | Honor | |
| 1978 | Peter Spier | Noah's Ark | Winner |
| David Macaulay | Castle | Honor | |
| Margot Zemach | It Could Always Be Worse | Honor | |
| 1979 | Paul Goble | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Winner |
| Donald Crews | Freight Train | Honor | |
| Peter Parnall | The Way to Start a Day | Honor | |
| 1980 | Barbara Cooney | Ox-Cart Man | Winner |
| Rachel Isadora | Ben's Trumpet | Honor | |
| Chris Van Allsburg | The Garden of Abdul Gasazi | Honor | |
| Uri Shulevitz | The Treasure | Honor | |
| 1981 | Arnold Lobel | Fables | Winner |
| Ilse Plume | The Bremen-Town Musicians | Honor | |
| Molly Bang | The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher | Honor | |
| Joseph Low | Mice Twice | Honor | |
| Donald Crews | Truck | Honor | |
| 1982 | Chris Van Allsburg | Jumanji | Winner |
| Stephen Gammell | Where the Buffaloes Begin | Honor | |
| Anita Lobel | On Market Street | Honor | |
| Maurice Sendak | Outside Over There | Honor | |
| Alice and Martin Provensen | A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers | Honor | |
| 1983 | Marcia Brown | Shadow | Winner |
| Vera B. Williams | A Chair for My Mother | Honor | |
| Diane Goode | When I Was Young in the Mountains | Honor | |
| 1984 | Alice and Martin Provensen | The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot | Winner |
| Trina Schart Hyman | Little Red Riding Hood | Honor | |
| Molly Bang | Ten, Nine, Eight | Honor | |
| 1985 | Trina Schart Hyman | Saint George and the Dragon | Winner |
| Paul O. Zelinsky | Hansel and Gretel | Honor | |
| Nancy Tafuri | Have You Seen My Duckling? | Honor | |
| John Steptoe | The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend | Honor | |
| 1986 | Chris Van Allsburg | The Polar Express | Winner |
| Stephen Gammell | The Relatives Came | Honor | |
| Don Wood | King Bidgood's in the Bathtub | Honor | |
| 1987 | Richard Egielski | Hey, Al | Winner |
| Ann Grifalconi | The Village of Round and Square Houses | Honor | |
| Suse MacDonald | Alphabatics | Honor | |
| Paul O. Zelinsky | Rumpelstiltskin | Honor | |
| 1988 | John Schoenherr | Owl Moon | Winner |
| John Steptoe | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | Honor | |
| 1989 | Stephen Gammell | Song and Dance Man | Winner |
| Allen Say | The Boy of the Three-Year Nap | Honor | |
| David Wiesner | Free Fall | Honor | |
| James Marshall | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Honor | |
| Jerry Pinkney | Mirandy and Brother Wind | Honor | |
| 1990 | Ed Young | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China | Winner |
| Bill Peet | Bill Peet: An Autobiography | Honor | |
| Lois Ehlert | Color Zoo | Honor | |
| Jerry Pinkney | The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South | Honor | |
| Trina Schart Hyman | Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins | Honor | |
| 1991 | David Macaulay | Black and White | Winner |
| Fred Marcellino | Puss in Boots | Honor | |
| Vera B. Williams | "More More More," Said the Baby: Three Love Stories | Honor | |
| 1992 | David Wiesner | Tuesday | Winner |
| Faith Ringgold | Tar Beach | Honor | |
| 1993 | Emily Arnold McCully | Mirette on the High Wire | Winner |
| Lane Smith | The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales | Honor | |
| Ed Young | Seven Blind Mice | Honor | |
| Carole Byard | Working Cotton | Honor | |
| 1994 | Allen Say | Grandfather's Journey | Winner |
| Ted Lewin | Peppe the Lamplighter | Honor | |
| Denise Fleming | In the Small, Small Pond | Honor | |
| Gerald McDermott | Raven: A Trickster Tale From The Pacific Northwest | Honor | |
| Kevin Henkes | Owen | Honor | |
| Chris Raschka | Yo! Yes? | Honor | |
| 1995 | David Diaz | Smoky Night | Winner |
| Jerry Pinkney | John Henry | Honor | |
| Paul O. Zelinsky | Swamp Angel | Honor | |
| Eric Rohmann | Time Flies | Honor | |
| 1996 | Peggy Rathmann | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Winner |
| Stephen T. Johnson | Alphabet City | Honor | |
| Marjorie Priceman | Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin | Honor | |
| Brian Pinkney | The Faithful Friend | Honor | |
| Janet Stevens | Tops & Bottoms | Honor | |
| 1997 | David Wisniewski | Golem | Winner |
| Holly Meade | Hush!: A Thai Lullaby | Honor | |
| David Pelletier | The Graphic Alphabet | Honor | |
| Dav Pilkey | The Paperboy | Honor | |
| Peter Sís | Starry Messenger | Honor | |
| 1998 | Paul O. Zelinsky | Rapunzel | Winner |
| David Small | The Gardener | Honor | |
| Christopher Myers | Harlem | Honor | |
| Simms Taback | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | Honor | |
| 1999 | Mary Azarian | Snowflake Bentley | Winner |
| Brian Pinkney | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | Honor | |
| David Shannon | No, David! | Honor | |
| Uri Shulevitz | Snow | Honor | |
| Peter Sís | Tibet Through the Red Box | Honor | |
| 2000 | Simms Taback | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat | Winner |
| Trina Schart Hyman | A Child's Calendar | Honor | |
| David Wiesner | Sector 7 | Honor | |
| Molly Bang | When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry | Honor | |
| Jerry Pinkney | The Ugly Duckling | Honor | |
| 2001 | David Small | So You Want to Be President? | Winner |
| Christopher Bing | Casey at the Bat | Honor | |
| Betsy Lewin | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type | Honor | |
| Ian Falconer | Olivia | Honor | |
| 2002 | David Wiesner | The Three Pigs | Winner |
| Brian Selznick | The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | Honor | |
| Bryan Collier | Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Honor | |
| Marc Simont | The Stray Dog | Honor | |
| 2003 | Eric Rohmann | My Friend Rabbit | Winner |
| Tony DiTerlizzi | The Spider and the Fly | Honor | |
| Peter McCarty | Hondo & Fabian | Honor | |
| Jerry Pinkney | Noah's Ark | Honor | |
| 2004 | Mordicai Gerstein | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Winner |
| Margaret Chodos-Irvine | Ella Sarah Gets Dressed | Honor | |
| Steve Jenkins and Robin Page | What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? | Honor | |
| Mo Willems | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | Honor | |
| 2005 | Kevin Henkes | Kitten's First Full Moon | Winner |
| Barbara Lehman | The Red Book | Honor | |
| E. B. Lewis | Coming on Home Soon | Honor | |
| Mo Willems | Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale | Honor | |
| 2006 | Chris Raschka | The Hello, Goodbye Window | Winner |
| Bryan Collier | Rosa | Honor | |
| Jon J. Muth | Zen Shorts | Honor | |
| Marjorie Priceman | Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride | Honor | |
| Beckie Prange | Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems | Honor | |
| 2007 | David Wiesner | Flotsam | Winner |
| David McLimans | Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet | Honor | |
| Kadir Nelson | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Honor | |
| 2008 | Brian Selznick | The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Winner |
| Kadir Nelson | Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad | Honor | |
| Laura Vaccaro Seeger | First the Egg | Honor | |
| Peter Sís | The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain | Honor | |
| Mo Willems | Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity | Honor | |
| 2009 | Beth Krommes | The House in the Night | Winner |
| Marla Frazee | A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever | Honor | |
| Uri Shulevitz | How I Learned Geography | Honor | |
| Melissa Sweet | A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams | Honor | |
| 2010 | Jerry Pinkney | The Lion & the Mouse | Winner |
| Marla Frazee | All the World | Honor | |
| Pamela Zagarenski | Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors | Honor | |
| 2011 | Erin E. Stead | A Sick Day for Amos McGee | Winner |
| Bryan Collier | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave | Honor | |
| David Ezra Stein | Interrupting Chicken | Honor | |
| 2012 | Chris Raschka | A Ball for Daisy | Winner |
| John Rocco | Blackout | Honor | |
| Lane Smith | Grandpa Green | Honor | |
| Patrick McDonnell | Me...Jane | Honor | |
| 2013 | Jon Klassen | This is Not My Hat | Winner |
| Peter Brown | Creepy Carrots! | Honor | |
| Jon Klassen | Extra Yarn | Honor | |
| Laura Vaccaro Seeger | Green | Honor | |
| David Small | One Cool Friend | Honor | |
| Pamela Zagarenski | Sleep Like a Tiger | Honor | |
| 2014 | Brian Floca | Locomotive | Winner |
| Aaron Becker | Journey | Honor | |
| Molly Idle | Flora and the Flamingo | Honor | |
| David Wiesner | Mr. Wuffles! | Honor | |
| 2015 | Dan Santat | The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend | Winner |
| Lauren Castillo | Nana in the City | Honor | |
| Mary GrandPré | The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art | Honor | |
| Jon Klassen | Sam & Dave Dig a Hole | Honor | |
| Yuyi Morales | Viva Frida | Honor | |
| Melissa Sweet | The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus | Honor | |
| Jillian Tamaki | This One Summer | Honor | |
| 2016 | Sophie Blackall | Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear | Winner |
| Bryan Collier | Trombone Shorty | Honor | |
| Kevin Henkes | Waiting | Honor | |
| Ekua Holmes | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement | Honor | |
| Christian Robinson | Last Stop on Market Street | Honor | |
| 2017 | Javaka Steptoe | Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | Winner |
| Vera Brosgol | Leave Me Alone! | Honor | |
| R. Gregory Christie | Freedom in Congo Square | Honor | |
| Carson Ellis | Du Iz Tak? | Honor | |
| Brendan Wenzel | They All Saw a Cat | Honor | |
| 2018 | Matthew Cordell | Wolf in the Snow | Winner |
| Elisha Cooper | Big Cat, little cat | Honor | |
| Gordon C. James | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | Honor | |
| Thi Bui | A Different Pond | Honor | |
| Jason Chin | Grand Canyon | Honor | |
| 2019 | Sophie Blackall | Hello Lighthouse | Winner |
| Juana Martinez-Neal | Alma and How She Got Her Name | Honor | |
| Grace Lin | A Big Mooncake for Little Star | Honor | |
| Brian Lies | The Rough Patch | Honor | |
| Oge Mora | Thank You, Omu! | Honor |
References
- ↑ "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938–Present" Archived 2019-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2013-05-05.