The following page lists the Caldecott Medal Books to date, with call number locations in the Lila D. Bunch Library. This award is presented annually by the Association for Library Service for Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Note: All materials are housed on the third floor in the Curriculum area. They are marked with a Caldecott sticker that looks like this:![]()
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| Current Caldecott Medal Winner | ||
| 2007 | David Wiesner Flotsam. Clarion Read MORE about the 2007 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ7.W6367 Fl 2006 |
| 2000s Caldecott Medal Winners | ||
| 2006 | Chris Raschka. The Hello, Goodbye Window. written by Norton Juster. Michael di Capua Books. Read MORE about the 2006 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ7.J984 He 2005 |
| 2005 | Kevin Henkes. Kitten's First Full Moon.
Greenwillow Books/Harper
Collins. Read MORE about the 2005 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ7.H389 Ki 2004 |
| 2004 | Mordicai Gerstein. The Man Who Walked Between
the Towers. Roaring Brook Press. Read MORE about the 2004 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv GV551 .G47 2003 |
| 2003 | Eric Rohmann. My Friend Rabbit. Roaring Book
Press. Read MORE about the 2003 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ7.R6413 My 2002 |
| 2002 | David Wiesner. The Three Pigs. Houghton Mifflin/Clarion. Read MORE about the 2002 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ7.W6367 Th 2001 |
| 2001 | David Small (Illus.) So You Want to be President?
Written by Judith St. George. Philomel. Read MORE about the 2001 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv E 176.1 .S699 2000 |
| 2000 | Simms Taback. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.
Viking Press. Read MORE about the 2000 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ7.T1115 Jo 1999 |
| 1990s Caldecott Medal Winners | ||
| 1999 | Mary Azarian. Snowflake Bentley. Houghton Mifflin
Company. Read MORE about the 1999 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv QC858.B46 M37 1998 |
| 1998 | Paul Zelinsky. Rapunzel. Dutton. Read MORE about the 1998 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ8.Z38 Rap 1997 |
| 1997 | David Wisniewski. Golem. Clarion Books. Read MORE about the 1997 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv BM531 .W57 1996 |
| 1996 | Peggy Rathmann. Officer Buckle and Gloria. Putnam. Read MORE about the 1996 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ7.R1936 Of 1995 |
| 1995 | David Diaz (Illus.) Smoky Night. written by
Eve Bunting. Harcourt Brace. Read MORE about the 1995 winners from the web site of ALA |
Juv PZ7.B91527 Sl 1994 |
| 1994 | Allen Say. Grandfather's Journey. Houghton Mifflin. | Juv PZ7.S2744 Gr 1993 |
| 1993 | Emily Arnold McCully. Mirette on the High Wire. G.P. Putnam's Sons. | Juv PZ7.M478415 Mi 1992 |
| 1992 | David Wiesner. Tuesday. Clarion Books. | Juv PZ7.W6367 Tu 1991 |
| 1991 | David Macaulay. Black and White. Houghton Mifflin. | Juv PZ7.M1197 Bl 1990 |
| 1990 | Ed Young. Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China. Putman. | Juv PZ8.1.Y84 Lo 1989 |
| 1980s Caldecott Medal Winners | ||
| 1989 | Stephen Gammell (illus.) Song and Dance Man. written by Karen Ackerman. Knopf. | Juv PZ7.A1824 So 1992 |
| 1988 | John Schoenherr (illus.) Owl Moon. written by Jane Yolen. Putnam. | Juv PZ7.Y78 Ow 1987 |
| 1987 | Richard Egielski (illus.) Hey, Al. written by Al Yorinks. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. | Juv PZ7.Y819 He 1986 |
| 1986 | Chris Van Allsburg. The Polar Express. Houghton-Mifflin. | Juv PZ7.V266 Po 1985 |
| 1985 | Trina Schart Hyman. Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend. Little, Brown. | Juv PZ8.1.H69 Sai 1984 |
| 1984 | Alice & Martin Provensen. The Glorious Flight. Viking. | Juv TL721.B5 P76 1983 |
| 1983 | Marcia Brown. Shadow. (translated & illus. from the French of Blaise Cendrars). Scribner. | Juv PQ2605.E55 F4713 1982 |
| 1982 | Chris Van Allsburg. Jumanji. Houghton Mifflin. | Juv PZ7.V266 Ju |
| 1981 | Arnold Lobel. Fables. Harper. | Juv PZ8.2.L6 Fab
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| 1980 | Barbara Cooney (illus.) Ox-Cart Man. written by Donald Hall. Viking Press. | Juv PZ7.H14115 Ox |
| 1970s Caldecott Medal Winners | ||
| 1979 | Paul Goble. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Bradbury Press. | Juv PZ8.G537 Gi
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| 1978 | Peter Spier. Noah's Ark. Doubleday. | Juv BS1238.N6 S64 |
| 1977 | Leo & Diane Dillon (Illus.) Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions. written by Margaret Musgrove. Dial Press. | Juv GN645 .M87 |
| 1976 | Leo & Diane Dillon (Illus.) Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale. retold by Verna Aardema. Dial Press. | Juv PZ8.1.A213 Wh |
| 1975 | Gerald McDermott. Arrow to the Sun. Viking Press. | Juv E99.P9 M25 1974
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| 1974 | Margot Zemach. Duffy and the Devil. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. | Juv PZ8.1.Z38 Du3
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| 1973 | Blair Lent. The Funny Little Woman. Dutton. | Juv PZ8.1.M8346 Fu 1999 |
| 1972 | Nonny Hogrogian. One Fine Day. Macmillan. | Juv PZ7.H6844 On |
| 1971 | Gail E. Haley. A Story, A Story. Atheneum. | Juv PZ8.1.H139 St |
| 1970 | William Steig. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Windmill Books. | Juv PZ10.3.S816 Sy |
| 1960s Caldecott Medal Winners | ||
| 1969 | Uri Shulevitz (Illus.) The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. retold by Arthur Ransome. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. | Juv PZ8.R14 Fo |
| 1968 | Ed Emberley (Illus.) Drummer Hoff. adapted by Barbara Emberley. Prentice-Hall. | Juv PZ8.3.E515 Dr |
| 1967 | Evaline Ness. Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. | Juv PZ7.N4384 Sam |
| 1966 | Nonny Hogrogian (Illus.) Always Room for One More written by Sorche Nic Leodhas. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. | Juv PZ8.3.A388 An |
| 1965 | Beni Montresor (Illus.) May I Bring a Friend? written by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers. Atheneum. | Juv PZ7.D4417 May |
| 1964 | Maurice Sendak. Where the Wild Things Are. Harper & Row. | Juv PZ7.S47 Wh |
| 1963 | Ezra Jack Keats. The Snowy Day. Viking Press. | Juv PZ7.K2253 Sn |
| 1962 | Marcia Brown. Once a Mouse...; a fable cut in wood. Charles Scribner's Sons. | Juv PZ8.2.H5 On |
| 1961 | Nicolas Sidjakov (Illus.) Baboushka and the Three Kings. written by Ruth Robbins. Parnassus Press. | Juv PZ8.1.R5 Bab |
| 1960 | Marie Hall Ets & Aurora Labastida. Nine Days to Christmas. Viking Press. | Juv PZ7.E855 Ni |
| 1950s Caldecott Medal Winners | ||
| 1959 | Barbara Cooney (Illus.) Chanticleer and the Fox; adapted from the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. written by Thomas Y. Crowell. | Juv PZ8.2.C47 Ch |
| 1958 | Robert McCloskey. Time of Wonder. Viking Press. | Juv PZ7.M1336 Ti |
| 1957 | Marc Simont (Illus.) A Tree Is Nice. written by Janice Udry. Harper. | Juv QK475.8 .U36 1994 |
| 1956 | Feodor Rojankovsky (Illus.) Frog Went a-Courtin'. written by John Langstaff. Harcourt, Brace. | Juv PZ8.3.F92 Fr |
| 1955 | Marcia Brown. Cinderella; written by Charles Perrault. trans. & illus. by Marcia Brown. Charles Scribner's Sons. | Juv PZ 8.P426 Ci 1954 |
| 1954 | Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline's Rescue. Viking Press. | Juv PZ7.B423 Maf |
| 1953 | Lynd Ward. The Biggest Bear.Houghton Mifflin. | Juv PZ10.3.W214 Bi |
| 1952 | Nicolas Mordvinoff (Illus.) Finders Keepers. written by Will Lipkind & Nicolas Mordvinoff. Harcourt, Brace. | Juv PZ10.3.L647 Fi |
| 1951 | Katherine Milhous. The Egg Tree. Charles Scribner's Sons. | Juv PZ7.M596 Eg |
| 1950 | Leo Politi. Song of the Swallows. Charles Scribner's Sons. | Juv PZ7.P753 So |
| 1940s Caldecott Medal Winners | ||
| 1949 | Berta & Elmer Hader. The Big Snow. Macmillan. | Juv PZ10.3.H117 Bi |
| 1948 | Roger Duvoisin (Illus.) White Snow, Bright Snow. written by Alvin Tresselt. Lothrop. | Juv PZ7 .T732 Wh |
| 1947 | Leonard Weisgard. The Little Island. written by Golden MacDonald [pseud for Margaret Wise Brown]. Doubleday. | Juv PZ8.3.B815 Li |
| 1946 | Maud & Miska Petersham. The Rooster Crows; a Book of American Rhymes and Jingles. Macmillan. | Juv PZ8.3.P447 Ro |
| 1945 | Elizabeth Orton Jones (Illus.) A Prayer for a Child. written by Rachel Lyman Field. Macmillan. | Juv BV265 .F5 |
| 1944 | Louis Slobodkin (Illus.) Many Moons. written by James Thurber. Harcourt, Brace. | Juv PZ7.T422 Man |
| 1943 | Virginia Lee Burton. The Little House. Houghton Mifflin. | Juv PZ7.B954 Li |
| 1942 | Robert McCloskey. Make Way for Ducklings. Viking Press. |
R.TX P40 M35 |
| 1941 | Robert Lawson. They Were Strong and Good. Viking Press. | Juv PZ7.L4384 Th |
| 1940 | Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Abraham Lincoln. Doubleday. | Juv E457.905 .A86 |
| 1930s Caldecott Medal Winners | ||
| 1939 | Thomas Handforth. Mei Li. Doubleday. | Juv PZ7.H192 Me |
| 1938 | Dorothy Lathrop. Animals of the Bible. with text selected by Helen Dean Fish from the King James Bible. Frederick A. Stokes. | Juv BS663 .B5 1965 |