LibGuides: Caldecott Medal Winners: Intro

What is the Caldecott Medal?

The Caldecott Medal is awarded anually to the artist who creates the most distinguished picture book.

The award 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.

Caldecott Winners (1974-2017)

Hot Dog by Doug Salati
2023 Winner
Watercress by Andrea Wang; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
2022 Winner
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom; Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
2021 Winner
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
2020 Winner
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
2019 Winner
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
2018 Winner
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
2017 Winner
Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
2016 Winner
Beekle, the Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
2015 Winner
Locomotive by Brian Floca
2014 Winner
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
2013 Winner
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
2012 Winner
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
2011 Winner
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
2010 Winner
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson; Beth Krommes (Illustrator)
2009 Winner
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
2008 Winner
Flotsam by David Wiesner
2007 Winner
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster; Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
2006 Winner
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
2005 Winner
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
2004 Winner
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
2003 Winner
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
2002 Winner
So You Want to Be President? by David Small (Illustrator); Judith St. George
2001 Winner
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback (Illustrator)
2000 Winner
Snowflake Bentley by Mary Azarian (Illustrator); Jacqueline Briggs Martin
1999 Winner
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator, Retold by); Jacob W. Grimm; Wilhelm K. Grimm; Becky Thomas
1998 Winner
Golem by David Wisniewski (Illustrator); David Wisniewski (Retold by)
1997 Winner
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
1996 Winner
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting; David Diaz (Illustrator)
1995 Winner
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (Illustrator)
1994 Winner
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
1993 Winner
Tuesday by David Weisner (Illustrator)
1992 Winner
Black and White by David MacAulay (Illustrator)
1991 Winner
Lon Po Po by Ed Young (Illustrator)
1990 Winner
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman; Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
1989 Winner
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen; John Schoenherr (Illustrator)
1988 Winner
Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks; Richard Egielski (Illustrator)
1987 Winner
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
1986 Winner
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges (Editor); Trina Schart Hyman
1985 Winner
The Glorious Flight by Alice Provensen (Illustrator); Martin Provensen (Illustrator)
1984 Winner
Shadow by Marcia Brown (Illustrator, Translator); Blaise Cendrars
1983 Winner
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg; Rafael Segovia Alban (Translator)
1982 Winner
Fables by Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
1981 Winner
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall; Barbara Cooney (Illustrator); Donald Hall
1980 Winner
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
1979 Winner
Noah's Ark by Peter Spier (Illustrator)
1978 Winner
Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret W. Musgrove; Diane Dillon (Illustrator); Leo Dillon (Editor)
1977 Winner
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
1976 Winner
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Illustrator)
1975 Winner
Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach; Margot Zemach (Illustrator)
1974 Winner

Where can I find Caldecott Winners in our library?

Every Caldecott Award-winning book has a home in the collection at Hassenfeld Library.

Caldecott Award-winning books can be found outside of the Bennett Klein story room on the garden level of the library.

Caldecott Winners (1939-1973)

The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel; Blair Lent (Illustrator)
1973 Winner
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian (Illustrator)
1972 Winner
A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley (Illustrator)
1971 Winner
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Illustrator)
1970 Winner
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome; Uri Shulevitz (Illustrator)
1969 Winner
Drummer Hoff by Ed Emberley (Illustrator); Barbara Emberley
1968 Winner
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness (Illustrator)
1967 Winner
Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas (Illustrator); Nonny Hogrogian (Illustrator)
1966 Winner
May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice de Regniers; Beni Montresor (Illustrator)
1965 Winner
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
1964 Winner
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator)
1963 Winner
Once a Mouse... by Marcia Brown (Illustrator)
1962 Winner
Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins; Nicolas Sidjakov (Illustrator)
1961 Winner
Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets; Aurora Labastida
1960 Winner
Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer; Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)
1959 Winner
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Illustrator)
1958 Winner
Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry; Marc Simont (Illustrator); Janice Udry; Janice M. Udry; M. Udry
1957 Winner
Frog Went A-Courtin' by Feodor Rojankovsky (Illustrator); John M. Langstaff
1956 Winner
Cinderella by Marcia Brown (Illustrator); Charles Perrault
1955 Winner
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
1954 Winner
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
1953 Winner
Finders Keepers by Nicolas Mordvinoff (Illustrator); William Lipkind
1952 Winner
Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Illustrator)
1951 Winner
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
1950 Winner
The Big Snow by Berta H. Hader (Illustrator); Elmer Hader
1949 Winner
White Snow, Bright Snow by Roger Duvoisin (Illustrator); Alvin R. Tresselt
1948 Winner
The Little Island by Golden MacDonald; Margaret Wise Brown; Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)
1947 Winner
The Rooster Crows by Maud Petersham (Illustrator); Miska Petersham (Illustrator)
1946 Winner
Prayer for a Child by Elizabeth Orton Jones (Illustrator); Rachel Field
1945 Winner
Many Moons by James Thurber; Louis Slobodkin (Illustrator)
1944 Winner
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (Illustrator)
1943 Winner
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
1942 Winner
They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
1941 Winner
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire; Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
1940 Winner
Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (Illustrator)
1939 Winner
Animals of the Bible by Helen D. Fish (Selected by); Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator)
1938 Winner