The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Caldecott Medal Books are located in the Children's Literature Section
 

2002
The Three Pigs by David Weisner
PZ7 .W6367 TH 2001
 

2001
So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George
E 176.1 .S699 2000
 

2000
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Tabak
PZ7 .T1115 Jo 1999
 

1999
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs
QC 858 .B46 M37 1998
 

1998
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
PZ8 .Z38 Rap 1997
 

1997
Golem by David Wisniewki
BM 531 .S57 1996
 

1996
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
PZ7 .R1936 Of 1995
 

1995
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, ill. by David Diaz
PZ7 .B91527 Sl 1994
 

1994
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
PZ7 .S2744 Gr 1993
 

1993
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
PZ7 .M478415 Mi 1992
 

1992
Tuesday by David Wiesner
PZ7 .W6367 Tu 1991
 

1991
Black and White by David Macaulay
PZ7 .M1197 Bl 1990
 

1990
Lon Po Po by Ed Young
PZ8.1 .Y84 Lo 1989
 

1989
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman, ill. by Stephen Gammell
PZ7 .A1824 So 1988
 

1988
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, ill. by John Schoenherr
PZ7 .Y78 Ow 1987
 

1987
Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks, ill. by Richard Egielski
PZ7 .Y819 He 1986
 

1986
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
PZ7 .V266 Po
 

1985
Saint George and the Dragon retold by Margaret Hodges, ill. by Trina Schart Hyman
PZ8.1 .H69 Sai 1984
 

1984
The Glorious Flight:  Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
by Alice and Martin Provensen
TL 721 .B5 P76 1983
 

1983
Shadow by Blaise Cendrars, trans. and ill. by Marcia Brown
PQ 2605 .E55 F4713 1982
 

1982
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
PZ7 .V266 Ju
 

1981
Fables by Arnold Lobel
PZ8.2 .L6 Fab
 

1980
Ox-Cart Man, text by Donal Hall, ill. by Barbara Cooney
PZ7 .H14115 Ox
 

1979
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
PZ8 .G537 Gi
 

1978
Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier
BS 1238 .N6 S64
 

1977
Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove, ill. by Leo and Diane Dillon
GN 645 .M87
 

1976
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears, retold by Verna Aardema ill. by Leo and Diane Dillon
PZ8.1 .A213 Wh
 

1975
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
PZ8.1 .M159 Av
 

1974
Duffy and the Devil, retold by Harve Zemach ill. by Margot Zemach
PZ8.1 .Z38 Du3
 

 1973
The Funny Little Woman by Lafcadio Hearn, retold by Arlene Mosel
 PZ8.1 .M8346 Fu
 

1972
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
PZ7 .H6844 On
 

1971
A Story a Story by Gail E. Haley
PZ8.1 .H139 St 1988
 

1970
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
PZ7 .S8177 Sy 1980
 

1968
Drummer Hoff, adapted by Barbara Emberley, ill. by Ed Emberley
PZ8.3 .E515 Dr 1987
 

1967
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
PZ7 .N43 Sam
 

1966
Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas, ill. by Nonny Hogrogian
PZ8.3 .L549z
 

1965
May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers ill. by Beni Montresor
PZ7 .D4417 May
 

1964
Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
PZ8 .S3294 Wh
 

1963
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
PZ7 .K2253 Sn
 

1962
Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
PZ8.2 .H5 On 1982
 

1961
Baboushka and the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins, ill. by Nicolas Sidjakov
PZ8.1 .R5 B3 1960
 

1960
Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
PZ7 .E855 Ni 1987
 

1959
Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney
PZ8.2 .C47 Ch
 

1958
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
PZ7 .M1336 Ti 1985
 

1957
A Tree is Nice by Janice Udry, ill. by Marc Simont
PZ7 .U3
 

 1956
 Frog Went a-Courtin’, retold by John Langstaff ill. by Feodor Rojankovsky
 PZ8.3 .L28 Fr 1991
 

1955
Cinderella, ill. and retold from Perrault by Maria Brown
PZ8  .P426 Ci
 

1954
Madeline’s Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
PZ8.3 .B425 Mah 1981
 

1953
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
PZ7 .W2146 Bi 1988
 

1952
Finders Keepers by Will Lipkind, ill. by Nicolas Mordvinoff
PZ7 .L6637 Fi 1989
 

1951
The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
PZ7 .M595 Eg 1978
 

1950
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
PZ7 .P753 So 1987
 

1949
The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
PZ7 .H117 Bh 1976
 

1948
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tressselt ill.by Roger Duvoisin
PZ7 .T732 Wh
 

1947
The Little Island by Golden MacDonald, ill. by Leonard Weisgard
PZ7 .M1476 Lit 1993
 

1946
The Rooster Crows by Maude and Miska Petersham
PZ8.3 .P447 Ro 1973
 

1945
Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field, ill. by Elizabeth Orton Jones
BV 4879 .F5
 

1944
Many Moons by James Thurber, ill. by Louis Slobodkin
PZ7 .T422 Man 1990
 

1943
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
PZ7 .B954 Li 1978
 

1942
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
PZ10.3 .M1295 Mak
 

1941
They Were Strong and Good by Robert Lawson
PZ7 .L4384 Th 1968
 

1940
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
E457.905 .D38 1993
 

1939
Mei Li by Thomas Handforth
Out of Print
 

1938
Animals of the Bible by Helen Dean Fish  ill. by Dorothy P. Lathrop
BS 663 .B5 1980zx