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Caldecott Winners 1938-2004

Listed alphabetically by artist

 

 

Adams, Adrienne

The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up

Honor

1962

Adams, Adrienne

Houses from the Sea

Honor

1960

Armer, Laura Adams

The Forest Pool

Honor

1939

Artybasheff, Boris

Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale

Honor

1938

Azarian, Mary

Snowflake Bentley

Medal

1999

Bahti, Tom

When Clay Sings

Honor

1973

Bang, Molly

When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry

Honor

2000

Bang, Molly

Ten, Nine, Eight

Honor

1984

Bang, Molly

The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher

Honor

1981

Bare, Arnold E.

Pierre Pidgeon

Honor

1944

Baskin, Leonard

Hosie’s Alphabet

Honor

1973

Barnum, Jay Hyde

Boats on the River

Honor

1947

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline’s Rescue

Medal

1954

Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline

Honor

1940

Bileck, Marvin

Rain Makes Applesauce

Honor

1965

Bing, Christopher

Casey at the Bat

Honor

2001

Birnbaum, A.

Green Eyes

Honor

1954

Brown, Marcia

Shadow (trans. from French)

Medal

1983

Brown, Marcia

Once a Mouse

Medal

1962

Brown, Marcia

Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper

Medal

1955

Brown, Marcia

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Honor

1954

Brown, Marcia

Puss in Boots

Honor

1953

Brown, Marcia

Skipper John’s Cook

Honor

1952

Brown, Marcia

Dick Whittington and his Cat

Honor

1951

Brown, Marcia

Henry Fisherman

Honor

1950

Brown, Marcia

Stone Soup

Honor

1948

Bryson, Bernarda

The Sun is a Golden Earring

Honor

1963

Buff, Mary & Conrad

Dash and Dart

Honor

1943

Burkert, Nancy Ekholm

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Honor

1973

Burton, Virginia Lee

The Little House

Medal

1943

Burton, Virginia Lee

Song of Robin Hood

Honor

1948

Byard, Carole

Working Cotton

Honor

1993

Chan, Plato

Good-Luck Horse

Honor

1944

Charlot, Jean

When Will the World Be Mine?

Honor

1954

Charlot, Jean

A Child’s Good-Night Book

Honor

1944

Chodos-Irvine, Margaret

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed

Honor

2004

Collier, Bryan

Martin’s Big Words: the Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Honor

2002

Cooney, Barbara

Ox-Cart Man

Medal

1980

Cooney, Barbara

Chanticleer and the Fox

Medal

1959

Crews, Donald

Truck

Honor

1981

Crews, Donald

Freight Train

Honor

1979

Daugherty, James

Gillespie and the Guards

Honor

1957

Daugherty, James

Andy and the Lion

Honor

1939

d”Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar

Abraham Lincoln

Medal

1940

de Angeli, Marguerite

Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes

Honor

1955

de Angeli, Marguerite

Yonie Wondernose

Honor

1945

de Paola, Tomie

Strega Nona

Honor

1976

Diaz, David

Smoky Night

Medal

1995

Dillon, Leo & Diane

Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions

Medal

1977

Dillon, Leo & Diane

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

Medal

1976

DiTerlizzi, Tony                         

The Spider and the Fly

Honor

2003

Domanska, Janina

If All the Seas Were One Sea

Honor

1972

Duvoisin, Roger

White Snow, Bright Snow

Medal

1948

Duvoisin, Roger

Hide and Seek Fog

Honor

1966

Egieski, Richard

Hey, Al

Medal

1987

Ehlert, Lois

Color Zoo

Honor

1990

Eichenberg, Fritz

Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals

Honor

1953

Emberley, Ed

Drummer Hoff

Medal

1968

Emberley, Ed

One Wide River to Cross

Honor

1967

Ets, Marie Hall

Nine Days to Christmas

Medal

1960

Ets, Marie Hall

Just Me

Honor

1966

Ets, Marie Hall

Mr Penny’s Race Horse

Honor

1957

Ets, Marie Hall

Play With Me

Honor

1956

Ets, Marie Hall

Mr T. W. Anthony Woo

Honor

1952

Ets, Marie Hall

In the Forest

Honor

1945

Falconer, Ian

Olivia

Honor

2001

Feelings, Tom

Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book

Honor

1975

Feelings, Tom

Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book

Honor

1972

Fleming, Denise

In the Small, Small Pond

Honor

1994

Ford, Lauren

The Ageless Story

Honor

1940

Frasconi, Antonio

The House that Jack Built: La Maison que Jacques a Batie

Honor

1959

Freeman, Don

Fly High, Fly Low

Honor

1958

Gag, Wanda

Nothing at All

Honor

1942

Gag, Wanda

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Honor

1939

Galdone, Paul

Anatole and the Cat

Honor

1958

Galdone, Paul

Anatole

Honor

1957

Gammell, Stephen

Song and Dance Man

Medal

1989

Gammell, Stephen

The Relatives Came

Honor

1986

Gammell, Stephen

Where the Buffaloes Begin

Honor

1982

Gannett, Ruth

My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

Honor

1946

Gerstein, Mordecai

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Medal

2004

Gergely, Tibor

Wheel on the Chimney

Honor

1955

Goble, Paul

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Medal

1979

Goffstein, M. B.

Fish for Supper

Honor

1977

Goode, Diane

When I Was Young in the Mountains

Honor

1983

Graham, Margaret Bloy

The Storm Book

Honor

1953

Graham, Margaret Bloy

All Falling Down

Honor

1952

Grifalconi, Ann

The Village of Round and Square Houses

Honor

1987

Hader, Berta & Elmer

The Big Snow

Medal

1949

Hader, Berta & Elmer

The Mighty Hunter

Honor

1944

Hader, Berta & Elmer

Cock-a-Doodle Doo

Honor

1940

Haley, Gail E.

A Story A Story

Medal

1971

Handforth, Thomas

Mei Li

Medal

1939

Henkes, Kevin

Owen

Honor

1994

Herrera, Velino

In My Mother’s House

Honor

1942

Hogrogian, Nonny

One Fine Day

Medal

1972

Hogrogian, Nonny

Always Room for One More

Medal

1966

Hogrogian, Nonny

The Contest

Honor

1977

Holling, Holling Clancy

Paddle-To-The-Sea

Honor

1942

Hyman, Trina Schart

Saint George and the Dragon

Medal

1985

Hyman, Trina Schart

A Child’s Calendar

Honor

2000

Hyman, Trina Schart

Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins

Honor

1990

Hyman, Trina Schart

Little Red Riding Hood

Honor

1984

Isadora, Rachel

Ben’s Trumpet

Honor

1980

Jeffers, Susan

Three Jovial Huntsmen

Honor

1974

Jenkins, Steve &Robin Page

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?

Honor

2004

Johnson, Stephen

Alphabet City

Honor

1996

Jones, Elizabeth Orton

Prayer for a Child

Medal

1945

Jones, Elizabeth Orton

Small Rain: Verses from the Bible

Honor

1944

Keats, Ezra Jack

The Snowy Day

Medal

1963

Keats, Ezra Jack

Goggles!

Honor

1970

Kepes, Juliet

Five Little Monkeys

Honor

1953

Lathrop, Dorothy

Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book

Medal

1938

Lawson, Robert

They Were Strong and Good

Medal

1941

Lawson, Robert

Wee Gillis

Honor

1939

Lawson, Robert

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Honor

1938

Lent, Blair

The Funny Little Woman

Medal

1973

Lent, Blair

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

Honor

1969

Lent, Blair

The Angry Moon

Honor

1971

Lent, Blair

The Wave

Honor

1965

Lewin, Betsy

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type

Honor

2001

Lewin, Ted

Peppe the Lamplighter

Honor

1994

Lionni, Leo

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

Honor

1970

Lionni, Leo

Frederick

Honor

1968

Lionni, Leo

Swimmy

Honor

1964

Lionni, Leo

Inch by Inch

Honor

1961

Lobel, Anita

On Market Street

Honor

1982

Lobel, Arnold

Fables

Medal

1981

Lobel, Arnold

Hildilid’s Night

Honor

1972

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad are Friends

Honor

1971

Low, Joseph

Mice Twice

Honor

1981

Macaulay, David

Black and White

Medal

1991

Macaulay, David

Castle

Honor

1978

Macaulay, David

Cathedral

Honor

1974

MacDonald, Suse

Alphabatics

Honor

1987

Marcellino, Fred

Puss in Boots

Honor

1991

Marshall, James

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Honor

1989

McCarty, Peter

Hondo & Fabian

Honor

2003

McCloskey, Robert

Time of Wonder

Medal

1958

McCloskey, Robert

Make Way for Ducklings

Medal

1942

McCloskey, Robert

Journey Cake, Ho!

Honor

1954

McCloskey, Robert

One Morning in Maine

Honor

1953

McCloskey, Robert

Blueberries for Sal

Honor

1949

McCully, Emily Arnold

Mirette on the High Wire

Medal

1993

McDermott, Beverly Brodsky

The Golem: A Jewish Legend

Honor

1977

McDermott, Gerald

Arrow to the Sun

Medal

1975

McDermott, Gerald

Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest

Honor

1994

McDermott, Gerald

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti

Honor

1974

Meade, Holly

Hush! A Thai Lullaby

Honor

1997

Milhous, Katherine

The Egg Tree

Medal

1951

Montresor, Beni

May I Bring a Friend?

Medal

1965

Myers, Christopher

Harlem

Honor

1998

Ness, Eveline

Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine

Medal

1967

Ness, Eveline

Tom Tit Tot

Honor

1966

Ness, Eveline

A Pocketful of Cricket

Honor

1965

Ness, Eveline

All in the Morning Early

Honor

1964

Newberry, Claire Turlay

T-Bone, the Baby Sitter

Honor

1951

Newberry, Claire Turlay

Marshmallow

Honor

1943

Newberry, Claire Turlay

April’s Kittens

Honor

1941

Newberry, Claire Turlay

Barkis

Honor

1939

Nicolas  (Nicolas Mordvinoff)

Finders Keepers

Medal

1952

Nicolas  (Nicolas Mordvinoff)

The Two Reds

Honor

1951

Olds, Elizabeth

Feather Mountain

Honor

1952

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Palazzo, Tony

Timothy Turtle

Honor

1947

Parker, Robert Andrew

Pop Corn and Ma Goodness

Honor

1970

Parnall, Peter

The Way to Start a Day

Honor

1979

Parnall, Peter

Hawk, I’m Your Brother

Honor

1977

Parnall, Peter

The Desert is Theirs

Honor

1976

Peet, Bill

Bill Peet: An Autobiography

Honor

1990

Pelletier, David

The Graphic Alphabet

Honor

1997

Pene du Bois, William

Lion

Honor

1957

Pene du Bois, William

Bear Party

Honor

1952

Petersham, Maud & Miska

The Rooster Crows

Medal

1946

Petersham, Maud & Miska

An American ABC

Honor

1942

Pilkey, Dav

The Paperboy

Honor

1997

Pinkney, Brian

The Faithful Friend

Honor

1996

Pinkney, Brian

Duke Ellington: the Piano Prince and the Orchestra

Honor

1999

Pinkney, Jerry

Noah’s Ark

Honor

2003

Pinkney, Jerry

The Ugly Duckling

Honor

2000

Pinkney, Jerry

John Henry

Honor

1995

Pinkney, Jerry

The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South

Honor

1990

Pinkney, Jerry

Mirandy and Brother Wind

Honor

1989

Plume, Ilse

The Bremen-Town Musicians

Honor

1981

Politi, Leo

Song of the Swallows

Medal

1950

Politi, Leo

Juanita

Honor

1949

Politi, Leo

Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street

Honor

1947

Priceman, Marjorie

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin

Honor

1996

Provenson, Alice and Martin

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot

Medal

1984

Provenson, Alice and Martin

A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Exper...

Honor

1982

Raschka, Chris

Yo! Yes?

Honor

1994

Rathman, Peggy

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Medal

1996

Reed, Philip

Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes

Honor

1964

Ringgold, Faith

Tar Beach

Honor

1992

Rohmann, Eric

My Friend Rabbit

Medal

2003

Rohmann, Eric

Time Flies

Honor

1995

Rojankovsky, Feodor

Frog Went A-Courtin’

Medal

1956

Say, Allen

Grandfather’s Journey

Medal

1994

Say, Allen

The Boy of the Three-Year Nap

Honor

1989

Schoenherr, John

Owl Moon

Medal

1988

Schreiber, Georges

Bambino the Clown

Honor

1948

Selznick, Brian

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

Honor

2002

Sendak, Maurice

Where the Wild Things Are

Medal

1964

Sendak, Maurice

Outside Over There

Honor

1982

Sendak, Maurice

In the Night Kitchen

Honor

1971

Sendak, Maurice

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present

Honor

1963

Sendak, Maurice

Little Bear’s Visit

Honor

1962

Sendak, Maurice

The Moon Jumpers

Honor

1960

Sendak, Maurice

What Do You Say, Dear?

Honor

1959

Sendak, Maurice

A Very Special House

Honor

1954

Seredy, Kate

The Christmas Anna Angel

Honor

1945

Seuss, Dr.

If I Ran the Zoo

Honor

1951

Seuss, Dr.

Bartholomew and the Oobleck

Honor

1950

Seuss, Dr.

McElligot’s Pool

Honor

1948

Sewall, Helen

The Thanksgiving Story

Honor

1955

Shannon, David

No, David!

Honor

1999

Shulevitz, Uri

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Medal

1969

Shulevitz, Uri

Snow

Honor

1999

Shulevitz, Uri

The Treasure

Honor

1980

Sidjakov, Nicolas

Baboushka and the Three Kings

Medal

1961

Simont, Marc

A Tree is Nice

Medal

1957

Simont, Marc

The Stray Dog

Honor

2002

Simont, Marc

The Happy Day

Honor

1950

Sis, Peter

Tibet Through the Red Box

Honor

1999

Sis, Peter

Starry Messenger

Honor

1997

Slobodkin, Louis

Many Moons

Medal

1944

Small, David

So You Want to Be President?

Medal

2001

Small, David

The Gardener

Honor

1998

Smith, Lane

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Honor

1993

Spier, Peter

Noah’s Ark

Medal

1978

Spier, Peter

Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night

Honor

1962

Steig, William

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

Medal

1970

Steig, William

The Amazing Bone

Honor

1977

Steptoe, John

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

Honor

1988

Steptoe, John

The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend

Honor

1985

Stevens, Janet

Tops and Bottoms

Honor

1996

Stone, Helen

The Most Wonderful Doll in the World

Honor

1951

Stone, Helen

All Around the Town

Honor

1949

Taback, Simms

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

Medal

2000

Taback, Simms

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Honor

1998

Tafuri, Nancy

Have You Seen My Duckling?

Honor

1985

Torrey, Marjorie

Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best-Loved Hymns

Honor

1947

Torrey, Marjorie

Sing Mother Goose

Honor

1946

Tudor, Tasha

1 is One

Honor

1957

Tudor, Tasha

Mother Goose

Honor

1945

Turkle, Brinton

Thy Friend, Obadiah

Honor

1970

Van Allsburg, Chris

The Polar Express

Medal

1986

Van Allsburg, Chris

Jumanji

Medal

1982

Van Allsburg, Chris

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

Honor

1980

Ward, Lynd

The Biggest Bear

Medal

1953

Ward, Lynd

America’s Ethan Allen

Honor

1950

Weisgard, Leonard

The Little Island

Medal

1947

Weisgard, Leonard

Rain Drop Splash

Honor

1947

Weisgard, Leonard

Little Lost Lamb

Honor

1946

Wiese, Kurt

Fish in the Air

Honor

1949

Wiese, Kurt

You Can Write Chinese

Honor

1946

Wiesner, David

The Three Pigs

Medal

2002

Wiesner, David

Tuesday

Medal

1992

Wiesner, David

Sector 7

Honor

2000

Wiesner, David

Free Fall

Honor

1989

Willems, Mo

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

Honor

2004

Williams, Vera B.

“More More More” Said the Baby: Three Love Stories

Honor

1991

Williams, Vera B.

A Chair for My Mother

Honor

1983

Wisniewski, David

Golem

Medal

1997

Wood, Don

King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub

Honor

1986

Woodward, Hildegard

The Wild Birthday Cake

Honor

1950

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Woodward, Hildegard

Roger and the Fox

Honor

1948

Yashima, Taro

Seashore Story

Honor

1968

Yashima, Taro

Umbrella

Honor

1959

Yashima, Taro

Crow Boy

Honor

1956

Young, Ed

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

Medal

1990

Young, Ed

Seven Blind Mice

Honor

1993

Young, Ed

The Emperor and the Kite

Honor

1968

Zelinsky, Paul O.

Rapunzel

Medal

1998

Zelinsky, Paul O.

Swamp Angel

Honor

1995

Zelinsky, Paul O.

Rumpelstiltskin

Honor

1987

Zelinsky, Paul O.

Hansel and Gretel

Honor

1985

Zemach, Margot

Duffy and the Devil

Medal

1974

Zemach, Margot

 It Could Always Be Worse

Honor

1978

Zemach, Margot

The Judge: An Untrue Tale

Honor

1970