The Caldecott Medal was established in 1938 by Frederic G. Melcher, chairman of the R. R. Bowker Publishing Company, for excellence in children’s picture book illustrations. The medal is named after British illustrator Raymond Caldecott (1846-1886).
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Year |
Author/Title |
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1938 |
Helen Dean Fish (text); Dorothy P. Lathrop (illustrations), Animals of the Bible, a Picture Book |
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1939 |
Thomas Handforth, Mei Li |
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1940 |
Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, Abraham Lincoln |
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1941 |
Robert Lawson, They Were Strong and Good |
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1942 |
Robert McCloskey, Make Way for Ducklings |
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1943 |
Virginia Lee Burton, The Little House |
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1944 |
James Thurber (text); Louis Slobodkin (illustrations), Many Moons |
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1945 |
Rachel Field (text); Elizabeth Orton Jones (illustrations), Prayer for a Child |
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1946 |
Maude and Miska Petersham, The Rooster Crows |
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1947 |
Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown] (text); Leonard Weisgard (illustrations), The Little Island |
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1948 |
Alvin Tresselt (text); Roger Duvoisin (illustrations), White Snow, Bright Snow |
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1949 |
Berta and Elmer Hader, The Big Snow |
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1950 |
Leo Politi, Song of the Swallows |
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1951 |
Katherine Milhous, The Egg Tree |
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1952 |
Will, pseud. [William Lipkind] (text); Nicolas, pseud. [Nicholas Mordvinoff] (illustrations), Finders Keepers |
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1953 |
Lynd Ward, The Biggest Bear |
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1954 |
Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline’s Rescue |
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1955 |
Marcia Brown, Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper |
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1956 |
John Langstaff (text); Feodor Rojankovsky (illustrations), Frog Went A-Courtin’ |
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1957 |
Janice Udry (text); Marc Simont (illustrations), A Tree is Nice |
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1958 |
Robert McCloskey, Time of Wonder |
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1959 |
Barbara Cooney, Chanticleer and the Fox |
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1960 |
Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida (text); Marie Hall Ets (illustrations), Nine Days to Christmas |
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1961 |
Ruth Robbins (text); Nicholas Sidjakov (illustrations), Baboushka and the Three Kings |
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1962 |
Marcia Brown, Once a Mouse |
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1963 |
Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day |
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1964 |
Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are |
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1965 |
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (text); Beni Montresor (illustrations), May I Bring a Friend? |
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1966 |
Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger] (text); Nonny Hogrogian (illustrations), Always Room for One More |
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1967 |
Evaline Ness, Sam, Bangs & Moonshine |
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1968 |
Barbara Emberley (text); Ed Emberley (illustrations), Drummer Hoff |
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1969 |
Arthur Ransome (text); Uri Shulevitz (illustrations), The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship |
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1970 |
William Steig, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
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1971 |
Gail E. Haley, a Story a Story |
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1972 |
Nonny Hogrogian, One Fine Day |
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1973 |
Arlene Mosel (text); Blair Lent (illustrations), The Funny Little Woman |
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1974 |
Harve Zemach (text); Margot Zemach (illustrations), Duffy and the Devil |
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1975 |
Gerald McDermott, Arrow to the Sun |
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1976 |
Verna Aardema (text); Leo and Diane Dillon (illustrations), Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears |
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1977 |
Margaret Musgrove (text); Leo and Diane Dillon (illustrations), Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions |
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1978 |
Peter Spier, Noah’s Ark |
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1979 |
Paul Goble, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
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1980 |
Donald Hall (text); Barbara Cooney (illustrations), Ox-Cart Man |
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1981 |
Arnold Lobel, Fables |
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1982 |
Chris van Allsburg, Jumanji |
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1983 |
Blaise Cendrars (text); Marcia Brown (translation and illustrations), Shadow |
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1984 |
Alice and Martin Provensen, The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot |
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1985 |
Margaret Hodges (text); Trina Schart Hyman (illustrations), Saint George and the Dragon |
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1986 |
Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express |
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1987 |
Arthur Yorinks (text); Richard Egielski (illustrations), Hey, Al |
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1988 |
Jane Yolen (text); John Schoenherr (illustrations), Owl Moon |
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1989 |
Karen Ackerman (text); Stephen Gammell (illustrations), Song and Dance Man |
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1990 |
Ed Young, Lon Po Po: a Red-Riding Hood Story from China |
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1991 |
David Macaulay, Black and White |
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1992 |
David Wiesner, Tuesday |
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1993 |
Emily Arnold McCully, Mirette on the High Wire |
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1994 |
Allen Say, Grandfather’s Journey |
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1995 |
Eve Bunting (text); David Diaz (illustrations), Smoky Night |
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1996 |
Peggy Rathmann, Officer Buckle and Gloria |
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1997 |
David Wisniewski, Golem |
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1998 |
Paul O. Zelinsky, Rapunzel |
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1999 |
Jacqueline Briggs (text); Mary Azarian (illustrations), Snowfake Bentley |
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2000 |
Simms Tarback, Joseph Had a Little Overcoat |
American Library Association. “The Caldecott Medal Homepage,” http://ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
American Library Association. The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.
