Caldecott Medal Award Books 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.

Title Author Illustrator Year
Animals of the Bible Fish Dorothy P. Lathrop 1938
Mei Li Handforth Thomas Handforth 1939
Abraham Lincoln d'Aulaire Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 1940
They Were Strong and Good Lawson Robert Lawson 1941
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey Robert McCloskey 1942
The Little House Burton Virginia Lee Burton 1943
Many Moons Thurber Louis Slobodkin 1944
Prayer for a Child Field Elizabeth Orton Jones 1945
The Rooster Crows Petersham Maud and Miska Petersham 1946
The Little Island MacDonald Leonard Weisgard 1947
White Snow, Bright Snow Tresselt Roger Duvoisin 1948
The Big Snow Hader Berta and Elmer Hader 1949
Song of the Swallows Politi Leo Politi 1950
The Egg Tree Milhous Katherine Milhous 1951
Finders Keepers Lipkind Nicolas Mordvinoff 1952
The Biggest Bear Ward Lynd K. Ward 1953
Madeline's Rescue Bemelmans Ludwig Bemelmans 1954
Cinderella; or The Little Glass Slipper Perrault Marcia Brown 1955
Frog Went A-Courtin' Langstaff Feodor Rojankovsky 1956
A Tree Is Nice Udry Marc Simont 1957
Time of Wonder McCloskey Robert McCloskey 1958
Chanticleer and the Fox Cooney Barbara Cooney 1959
Nine Days to Christmas Ets Marie Hall Ets 1960
Baboushka and the Three Kings Robbins Nicolas Sidjakov 1961
Once a Mouse Brown Marcia Brown 1962
The Snowy Day Keats Ezra Jack Keats 1963
Where the Wild things Are Sendak Maurice Sendak 1964
May I Bring a Friend? de Regniers Beni Montresor 1965
Always Room for One More Alger Nonny Hogrogain 1966
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine Ness Evaline Ness 1967
Drummer Hoff Emberley Ed Emberley 1968
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Ransome Uri Shulevitz 1969
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig William Steig 1970
A Story, A Story: An African Tale Haley Gail E. Haley 1971
One Fine Day Hogrogian Nonny Hogrogian 1972
The Funny Little Woman Mosel Lent Blair 1973
Duffy and the Devil:  A Cornish Tale Zemach Margot Zemach 1974
Arrow to the Sun:  A Pueblo Indian Tale McDermott Gerald McDermott 1975
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears:
A West African Tale		 Aardema Leo and Diane Dillon 1976
Ashanti to Zulu:  African Traditions Musgrove Leo and Diane Dillon 1977
Noah's Ark Spier Peter Spier 1978
The Girl who Loved Wild Horses Goble Paul Goble 1979
Ox-Cart Man Hall Barbara Cooney 1980
Fables Lobel Arnold Lobel 1981
Jumanji Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg 1982
Shadow Cendrars Marcia Brown 1983
The Glorious flight:  Across the
Channel with Louis Blériot		 Provensen Alice and Martin Provensen 1984
Saint George and the Dragon Hodges Trina Schart Hyman 1985
The Polar Express Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg 1986
Hey, Al Yorinks Richard Egielski 1987
Owl Moon Yolen John Schoenherr 1988
Song and Dance Man Ackerman Stephen Gammell 1989
Lon Po Po:  a Red-Riding
Hood Story from China		 Young Ed Young 1990
Black and White Macaulay David Macaulay 1991
Tuesday Wiesner David Wiesner 1992
Mirette on the High Wire McCully Emily Arnold McCully 1993
Grandfather's Journey Say Allen Say 1994
Smoky Night Bunting David Diaz 1995
Officer Buckle and Gloria Rathmann Peggy Rathmann 1996
Golem Wisniewski David Wisniewski 1997
Rapunzel Zelinsky Paul O. Zelinsky 1998
Snowflake Bentley Martin Mary Azarian 1999
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Taback Simms Taback 2000
So You Want to Be President? St. George David Small 2001
The Three Little Pigs Wiesner David Wiesner 2002
My Friend Rabbit Rohmann Eric Rohmann 2003
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Gerstein Mordicai Gerstein 2004
Kitten's First Full Moon Henkes Kevin Henkes 2005
The Hello, Goodbye Window Juster Chris Raschka 2006
Flotsam Wiesner David Wiesner 2007
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Selznick Brian Selznick 2008
The House in the Night Swanson Neil Gaiman 2009
The Lion & The Mouse Pickney Jerry Pickney 2010
A Sick Day for Amos McGee Phillip C. Stead Erin E. Stead 2011