lazylionbooks.com - Caldecott Award List

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.

Year	Illustrator/Author	Title
2005	Kevin Henkes	*Kitten's First Full Moon*
2004	Mordicai Gerstein	*The Man Who Walked Between the Towers*
2003	Eric Rohmann	My Friend Rabbit
2002	David Wiesner	The Three Pigs
2001	Illustrated by David Small Text by Judith St. George	So You Want to Be President?
2000	Simms Taback	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
1999	Illustrated by Mary Azarian Text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin	Snowflake Bentley
1998	Paul O. Zelinsky	Rapunzel
1997	David Wisniewski	Golem
1996	Peggy Rathmann	Officer Buckle and Gloria
1995	Illustrated by David Diaz Text by Eve Bunting	Smoky Night
1994	Illustrated by Allen Say Text edited by Walter Lorraine	Grandfather's Journey
1993	Emily Arnold McCully	Mirette on the High Wire
1992	David Wiesner	Tuesday
1991	David Macaulay	Black and White
1990	Ed Young	Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
1989	Illustrated by Stephen Gammell; Text by Karen Ackerman	Song and Dance Man
1988	Illustrated by John Schoenherr; Text by Jane Yolen	Owl Moon
1987	Illustrated by Richard Egielski; Text by Arthur Yorinks	Hey, Al
1986	Chris Van Allsburg	The Polar Express
1985	Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Text retold by Margaret Hodges	Saint George and the Dragon
1984	Alice & Martin Provensen	The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
1983	Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown Original text in French: Blaise Cendrars	Shadow
1982	Chris Van Allsburg	Jumanji
1981	Arnold Lobel	Fables
1980	Illustrated by Barbara Cooney Text by Donald Hall	Ox-Cart Man
1979	Paul Goble	The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
1978	Peter Spier	Noah's Ark
1977	Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon Text by Margaret Musgrove	Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
1976	Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon Text retold by Verna Aardema	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1975	Gerald McDermott	Arrow to the Sun
1974	Illustrated by Margot Zemach Retold by Harve Zemach	Duffy and the Devil
1973	Illustrated by Blair Lent Retold by Arlene Mosel	The Funny Little Woman
1972	Retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian	One Fine Day
1971	Retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley	A Story A Story
1970	William Steig	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
1969	Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz Retold by Arthur Ransome	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1968	Illustrated by Ed Emberley Text adapted by Barbara Emberley	Drummer Hoff
1967	Evaline Ness	Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
1966	Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian Text by Sorche Nic Leodhas, pseud. [Leclair Alger]	Always Room for One More
1965	Illustrated by Beni Montresor Text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers	May I Bring a Friend?
1964	Maurice Sendak	Where the Wild Things Are
1963	Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats	The Snowy Day
1962	Retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown	Once a Mouse
1961	Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov Text by Ruth Robbins	Baboushka and the Three Kings
1960	Illustrated by Marie Hall Ets Text by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida	Nine Days to Christmas
1959	Illustrated and adapted from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney	Chanticleer and the Fox
1958	Robert McCloskey	Time of Wonder
1957	Illustrated by Marc Simont Text by Janice Udry	A Tree Is Nice
1956	Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky Text retold by John Langstaff	Frog Went A-Courtin'
1955	Illustrated by Marcia Brown Text translated from Charles Perrault by Marcia Brown	Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper
1954	Ludwig Bemelmans	Madeline's Rescue
1953	Lynd Ward	The Biggest Bear
1952	Illustrated by Nicolas, pseud. (Nicholas Mordvinoff) Text by Will, pseud. [William Lipkind]	Finders Keepers
1951	Katherine Milhous	The Egg Tree
1950	Leo Politi	Song of the Swallows
1949	Berta & Elmer Hader	The Big Snow
1948	Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin Text by Alvin Tresselt	White Snow, Bright Snow
1947	Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard Text by Golden MacDonald, pseud. [Margaret Wise Brown]	The Little Island
1946	Maude & Miska Petersham	The Rooster Crows
1945	Illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones Text by Rachel Field	Prayer for a Child
1944	Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin Text by James Thurber	Many Moons
1943	Virginia Lee Burton	The Little House
1942	Robert McCloskey	Make Way for Ducklings
1941	Robert Lawson	They Were Strong and Good
1940	Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire	Abraham Lincoln
1939	Thomas Handforth	Mei Li
1938	Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop Text selected by Helen Dean Fish	Animals of the Bible, A Picture Book