CALDECOTT MEDAL

The Randolph Caldecott Medal is awarded for the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children. Established 1938.

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2005

• MEDAL
  • Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henges
• HONOR
  • The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
  • Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
  • Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems

2004

• MEDAL
  • The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
• HONOR
  • Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
  • What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
  • Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

2003

• MEDAL
  • My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
• HONOR
  • The Spider and the Fly, by Mary Botham Howitt, Illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
  • Hondo and Fabian by Peter McCarty
  • Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney

2002

• MEDAL
  • The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
• HONOR
  • The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, illustrated by Brian Selznick, text by Barbara Kerley
  • Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, text by Doreen Rappoport
  • The Stray Dog by Marc Simont

2001

• MEDAL
  • So you want to be President? illustrated by David Small, text by Judith St. George
• HONOR
  • Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, text by Ernest Lawrence
  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, text by Doreen Cronin
  • Olivia by Ian Falconer

2000

• MEDAL
  • Joseph had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
• HONOR
  • A Child's Calendar illustrated by Tina Schart Hyman (Text: John Updike)
  • Sector 7 by David Wiesner
  • When Sophie gets angry - really, really angry by Molly Bang
  • The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Text by Hans Christian Andersen)

1999

• MEDAL
  • Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• HONOR
  • Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and the Orchestra, illustrated by Brian Pinkney (Text: Andrea Davis Pinkney)
  • No, David! by David Shannon
  • Snow by Uri Shulevitz
  • Tibet through the Red Box by Peter Sis

1998

• MEDAL
  • Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
• HONOR
  • The Gardener, illustrated by David Small (Text: Sarah Stewart)
  • Harlem, illustrated by Christopher Myers (Text: Walter Dean Myers)
  • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

1997

• MEDAL
  • Golem, written and illustrated by David Wisniewski
• HONOR
  • Hush! A Thai Lullaby illustrated by Holly Meade (Text: Minfong Ho)
  • The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier
  • The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey
  • Starry Messenger by Peter Sís

1996

• MEDAL
  • Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
• HONOR
  • Alphabet City by Stephen T Johnson
  • Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
  • Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
  • The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souchi, illustrated by Brian Pinkey

1995

• MEDAL
  • Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, illustrated by David Diaz
• HONOR
  • John Henry by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
  • Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
  • Time Flies by Eric Rohmann, illustrated by Eric Rohmann

1994

• MEDAL
  • Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
• HONOR
  • Peppe Lamplighter by E. Bartone
  • In a Small Small Pond by D. Fleming
  • Raven Trickster Tale by G. McDermott
  • Yo! Yes! by C. Raschka
  • Owen by K. Hankes

1993

• MEDAL
  • Mirette on High Wire by Emily McCully
• HONOR
  • Stinky Cheese Man by Lane Smith
  • Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
  • Working Cotton by Carol Byard

1992

• MEDAL
  • Tuesday by David Weisner
• HONOR
  • Tar Beach by F. Ringgold

1991

• MEDAL
  • Black & White by David Macauley
• HONOR
  • Puss In Boots by C. Perrault, illustrated by Fred Marcellino
  • More More More Said Baby by V. Williams

1990

• MEDAL
  • Lon Po Po by Ed Young
• HONOR
  • Bill Peet Autobiography by Bill Peet
  • Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
  • Talking Eggs by Jerry Pinckney
  • Hershel & The Hanukkah Goblins by Trina S. Hyman

1989

• MEDAL
  • Song & Dance Man by Stephen Gammell
• HONOR
  • Boy Of The Three Year Nap by Allen Say
  • Free Fall by David Weisner
  • Goldilocks & The Three Bears by James Marshall
  • Mirandy & Brother Wind by Jerry Pinkney

1988

• MEDAL
  • Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr
• HONOR
  • Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

1987

• MEDAL
  • Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Richard Egielski
• HONOR
  • Village Of Round & Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi
  • Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald
  • Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinski

1986

• MEDAL
  • Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
• HONOR
  • The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
  • King Bidgood’s In The Bathtub by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood

1985

• MEDAL
  • Saint George & The Dragon by Margaret Hodges illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
• HONOR
  • Hansel & Gretel by Rika Lesse, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinski
  • Have You Seen My Duckling by Nancy Tafuri
  • Story Of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe

1984

• MEDAL
  • The Glorious Flight: Across The Channel With Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provenson
• HONOR
  • Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
  • Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
  • Hawk, I’m Your Brother by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall

1983

• MEDAL
  • Shadow by Blaise Cendrar, illustrated by Marcia Brown
• HONOR
  • A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
  • When I Was Young In The Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode

1982

• MEDAL
  • Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
• HONOR
  • Where The Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
  • On Market Street by Arnold Lobel, illustrated by Anita Lobel
  • Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
  • Visit To William Blake’s Inn by Nonny Willard, illustrated by Alice & Martin Provenson

1981

• MEDAL
  • Fables by Arnold Lobel
• HONOR
  • The Bremen-Town Musicians by Ilse Plume
  • Grey Lady & The Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang
  • Mice Twice by Joseph Low
  • Truck by Donald Crews

1980

• MEDAL
  • Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
• HONOR
  • Ben’s Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
  • Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
  • The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz

1979

• MEDAL
  • The Girl Who Loved Horses by Paul Goble
• HONOR
  • Freight Train by Donald Crews
  • Way To Start A Day by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall

1978

• MEDAL
  • Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier
• HONOR
  • Castle by David Macauley
  • It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach

1977

• MEDAL
  • Ashanti To Zulu by Margaret Musgrove illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
• HONOR
  • The Amazing Bone by William Steig
  • The Contest by Nonny Hogrogian
  • Fish For Supper by M. B. Goffstein
  • The Golem by Beverly Brodsky McDermott
  • Hawk, I’m Your Brother by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall

1976

• MEDAL
  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Ears by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Leo Dillon
• HONOR
  • The Desert Is Theirs by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall
  • Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola

1975

• MEDAL
  • Arrow To The Sun by Gerald McDermott
• HONOR
  • Jambo Means Hello by Muriel Feelings, illustrated by Tom Feelings

1974

• MEDAL
  • Duffy & The Devil by Harve Zemach, illustrated by Margot Zemach
• HONOR
  • Three Jovial Huntsmen by Susan Jeffers
  • Cathedral by David Macauley

1973

• MEDAL
  • The Funny Little Woman by Ariene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent
• HONOR
  • Anansi The Spider by Gerald McDermott
  • Hosie’s Alphabet by Hosea, Tobias & Lisa Baskin, illustrated by Leonard Baskin
  • Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs by Randall Jarrell, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert
  • When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Tom Bahti

1972

• MEDAL
  • One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
• HONOR
  • Hildilid’s Night by Cheli Duran, illustrated by Arnold Lobel
  • If All The Seas Were One Sea by Janina Domanska
  • Moja Means One by Muriel Feelings, illustrated by Tom Feelings

1971

• MEDAL
  • A Story A Story by Gail E. Haley
• HONOR
  • The Angry Moon by William Sleator, illustrated by Blair Lent
  • Frog & Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
  • In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

1970

• MEDAL
  • Sylvester & The Magic Pebble by William Steig
• HONOR
  • Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Alexander & The Wind-Up Mouse by Lio Lionni
  • Pop Corn & Ma Goodness by Edna Mitchell Preston
  • Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle
  • The Judge by Harve Zemach

1969

• MEDAL
  • The Fool Of The World & The Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome, illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
• HONOR
  • Why The Sun & The Moon Live In The Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell, illustrated by Blair Lent

1968

• MEDAL
  • Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley, illustrated by Ed Emberley
• HONOR
  • Frederick by Leo Lionni
  • Seashore Story by Taro Yashima
  • Emperor & The Kite by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Ed Young

1967

• MEDAL
  • Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
• HONOR
  • One Wide River To Cross by Barbara Emberley illustrated by Ed Emberley

1966

• MEDAL
  • Always Room For One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
• HONOR
  • Hide & Seek Fog by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
  • Just Me by Marie Hall Ets
  • Tom Tit Tot by Evaline Ness

1965

• MEDAL
  • May I Bring A Friend by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, illustrated by Beni Montresor
• HONOR
  • Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer, illustrated by Marvin Bilek
  • The Wave by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Blair Lent
  • A Pocketful Of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill illustrated by Evaline Ness

1964

• MEDAL
  • Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• HONOR
  • Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  • All In The Morning Early by Sorche Nic Leodhas, illustrated by Evaline Ness
  • Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes by Philip Reed

1963

• MEDAL
  • The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• HONOR
  • Sun Is A Golden Earring by Natalia M. Belting, illustrated by Bernarda Bryson
  • Mr. Rabbit & The Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

1962

• MEDAL
  • Once A Mouse by Marcia Brown
• HONOR
  • Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night By Peter Spier
  • Little Bear’s Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
  • The Day We Saw The Sun Come Up by Alice E. Goudey, illustrated by Adrienne Adams

1961

• MEDAL
  • Baboushka & The Three Kings by Ruth Robbins illustrated by Nicholas Sidjakov
• HONOR
  • Inch By Inch by Leo Lionni

1960

• MEDAL
  • Nine Days To Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
• HONOR
  • Houses From The Sea by Alice E. Goudey ill., by Adrienne Adams
  • The Moon Jumpers by Janice Udry, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

1959

• MEDAL
  • Chanticleer & The Fox by Chaucer, illustrated by Barbara Cooney
• HONOR
  • The House That Jack Built by Antonio Frasconi
  • What Do You Say, Dear? by Sesyle Joslin illustrated by Maurice Sendak
  • Umbrella by Taro Yashima

1958

• MEDAL
  • Time Of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
• HONOR
  • Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman
  • Anatole & The Cat by Eve Titus, illustrated by Paul Galdone

1957

• MEDAL
  • A Tree Is Nice by Janice Udry, illustrated by Marc Simont
• HONOR
  • Mr. Penny’s Race Horse by Marie Hall Ets
  • 1 Is One by Tasha Tudor
  • Anatole by Eve Titus, illustrated by Paul Galdone
  • Gillespie & The Guards by Benjamin Elkin, illustrated by James Daugherty
  • Lion by William Pene du Bois

1956

• MEDAL
  • Frog Went A-Courtin’ by John Langstaff, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
• HONOR
  • Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets
  • Crow Boy by Taro Yashima

1955

• MEDAL
  • Cinderella by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Marcia Brown
• HONOR
  • Book Of Nursery & Mother Goose Rhymes, illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli
  • Wheel On The Chimney by Margaret Wise Brown illustrated by Tibor Gergely
  • The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Helen Sewell

1954

• MEDAL
  • Madeline’s Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
• HONOR
  • Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Robert McCloskey
  • When Will The World Be Mine? by Miriam Schlein, illustrated by Jean Charlot
  • Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Anderson, illustrated by Marcia Brown
  • A Very Special House by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
  • Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum

1953

• MEDAL
  • The Biggest Bear by Lynn Ward
• HONOR
  • Puss In Boots by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Marcia Brown
  • One Morning In Maine by Robert McCloskey
  • Ape In A Cape by Fritz Eichenberg
  • The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
  • Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes

1952

• MEDAL
  • Finders Keepers by Will Lipkind, illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff
• HONOR
  • Mr. T. W. Anthony Woo by Marie Hall Ets
  • Skipper John’s Cook by Marcia Brown
  • All Falling Down by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
  • Bear Party by William Pene du Bois
  • Feather Mountain by Elizabeth Olds

1951

• MEDAL
  • The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
• HONOR
  • Dick Whittington & His Cat by Marcia Brown
  • The Two Reds by Will Lipkind , illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff
  • If I Ran The Zoo by Dr. Seuss
  • Most Wonderful Doll In The World by Phyllis McGinley, illustrated by Helen Stone
  • T-Bone, The Baby Sitter by Clare Newberry

1950

• MEDAL
  • Song Of The Swallows by Leo Politi
• HONOR
  • America’s Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook illustrated by Lynn Ward
  • The Wild Birthday Cake by Lavinia Davis illustrated by Hildegard Woodward
  • Happy Day by Ruth Krauss illustrated by Marc Simont
  • Bartholomew & The Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
  • Henry Fisherman by Marcia Brown

1949

• MEDAL
  • The Big Snow by Berta & Elmer Hader
• HONOR
  • Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey
  • All Around The Town by Phyllis McGinley illustrated by Helen Stone
  • Juanita by Leo Politi
  • Fish In The Air by Kurt Wiese

1948

• MEDAL
  • White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
• HONOR
  • Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
  • McElligot’s Pool by Dr. Seuss
  • Bambino The Clown by George Schreiber
  • Roger & The Fox by Lavinia Davis illustrated by Hildegard Woodward
  • Song Of Robin Hood by Anne Malcolmson illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton

1947

• MEDAL
  • The Little Island by Golden MacDonald illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
• HONOR
  • Rain Drop Splash by Alvin Tresselt illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
  • Boats On The River by Marjorie Flack illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Timothy Turtle by Al Graham, illustrated by Tony Palazzo
  • Pedro, The Angel Of Olvera Street by Leo Politi
  • Sing In Praise by Opal Wheeler, illustrated by Marjorie Torrey

1946

• MEDAL
  • The Rooster Crows by Maud & Miska Petersham
• HONOR
  • Little Lost Lamb by Golden MacDonald illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
  • Sing Mother Goose by Opal Wheeler illustrated by Marjorie Torrey
  • My Mother Is The Most Beautiful Woman In The World by Becky Reyher, illustrated by Ruth C. Gannett
  • You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese

1945

• MEDAL
  • Prayer For A Child by Rachel Field illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
• HONOR
  • Mother Goose by Tasha Tudor
  • In The Forest by Marie Hall Ets
  • Yonie Wondernose by Marguerite de Angeli
  • Christmas Anna Angel by Ruth Sawyer illustrated by Kate Seredy

1944

• MEDAL
  • Many Moons by James Thurber, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
• HONOR
  • Small Rain: Verses From The Bible by Jessie Orton Jones, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
  • Pierre Pigeon by Lee Kingman, illustrated by Arnold E. Bare
  • The Mighty Hunter by Berta & Elmer Hader
  • Child’s Good Night Book by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Jean Charlot
  • Good Luck Horse by Chin-Yi Chan, illustrated by Plao Chan

1943

• MEDAL
  • The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
• HONOR
  • Dash & Dart by Mary & Conrad Buff
  • Marshmallow by Clare Newberry

1942

• MEDAL
  • Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• HONOR
  • An American ABC by Maud & Miska Petersham
  • In My Mother’s House by Ann Nolan Clark illustrated by Velino Herrera
  • Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling C. Holling
  • Nothing At All by Wanda Gag

1941

• MEDAL
  • They Were Strong & Good by Robert Lawson
• HONOR
  • April’s Kittens by Clare Newberry

1940

• MEDAL
  • Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
• HONOR
  • Cock-a-Doodle Doo by Berta & Elmer Hader
  • Madeline by Louis Bemelmans
  • The Ageless Story by Lauren Ford

1939

• MEDAL
  • Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
• HONOR
  • The Forest Pool by Laura Adams Armer
  • Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson
  • Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs by Wanda Gag
  • Barkis by Clare Newberry
  • Andy & The Lion by James Daugherty

1938

• MEDAL
  • Animals Of The Bible by Helen Dean Fish illustrated by Dorothy P. Lethrop
• HONOR
  • Seven Simeons by Boris Artzybasheff
  • Four & Twenty Blackbirds by Helen Dean Fish illustrated by Robert Lawson