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Caldecott Medal

Annual

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Association for Library Service to Children' at The American Library Association
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IL 70711-2795 USA
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This award is presented for the most distinguished American picture book for children published during the preceding year. It was named after the English illustrator Randolph Caldecott (1846-86). Instituted in 1938. Announced January/February each year.

Most Recent Winner (2007)

David Weisner Flotsam

Past Winners

2006 Norten Juster and Chris Raschka (illus) The Hello, Goodbye Window

2005 Kevin Henkes Kitten's First Full Moon

2004 Mordicai Gerstein The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

2003 Eric Rohmann My Friend Rabbit (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

2002 David Wiesner The Three Pigs (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)

2001 David Small (written by Judith St. George) So You Want to Be President? (Philomel Books, USA)

2000 Simms Taback Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Viking Children’s Books, USA)

1999 Illustrated by Mary Azarian, text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Snowflake Bentley (Houghton Mifflin)

1998 Paul O. Zelinsky Rapunzel (Dutton Children’s Books)

1997 David Wisniewski Golem (Clarion Books)

1996 Peggy Rathmann Officer Buckle and Gloria (Putnam)

1995 Illustrated by David Diaz, text by Eve Bunting Smoky Night (Harcourt Brace)

1994 Illustrated by Allen Say, text edited by Walter Lorraine Grandfather's Journey (Houghton Mifflin)

1993 Emily Arnold McCully Mirette on a High Wire (Putnam)

1992 David Wiesner Tuesday (Clarion Books)

1991 David Macaulay Black and White (Houghton)

1990 Ed Young Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Philomel)

1989 Illustrated by Stephen Gammell, text by Karen Ackerman Song and Dance Man (Knopf)

1988 Illustrated by John Schoenherr, text by Jane Yolen Owl Moon (Philomel)

1987 Illustrated by Richard Egielski, text by Arthur Yorinks Hey, Al (Farrar)

1986 Chris Van Allsburg The Polar Express (Houghton)

1985 Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, retold by Margaret Hodges St George and the Dragon (Little, Brown)

1984 Alice & Martin Provensen The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot (Viking)

1983 Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, original text in French by Blaise Cendrars Shadow (Scribner)

1982 Chris Van Allsburg Jumanji (Houghton)

1981 Arnold Lobel Fables (Harper)

1980 Illustrated by Barbara Cooney, text by Donald Hall The Ox-Cart Man (Viking)

1979 Paul Goble The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Bradbury)

1978 Peter Spier Noah's Ark (Doubleday)

1977 Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, text by Margaret Musgrove Ashanti to Zulu (Dial)

1976 Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, retold by Verna Aardema Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Dial)

1975 Gerald McDermott Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale (Viking)

1974 Illustrated by Margot Zemach, text by Harve Zemach Duffy and the Devil (Farrar)

1973 Illustrated by Blair Lent, retold by Arlene Mosel, original text by Lafcadio Hearn The Funny Little Woman (Dutton)

1972 Nonny Hogrogian One Fine Day (Macmillan)

1971 Illustrated and retold by Gail E Haley A Story A Story (Atheneum)

1970 William Steig Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Windmill Books)

1969 Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz, retold by Arthur Ransome The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Farrar)

1968 Illustrated by Ed Emberley, text adapted by Barbara Emberley Drummer Hoff (Prentice-Hall)

1967 Evaline Ness Sam, Bangs & Moonshine (Holt)

1966 Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, text by Sorche Nic Leodhas Always Room For One More (Holt)

1965 Illustrated by Beni Montresor, text by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers May I Bring a Friend? (Atheneum)

1964 Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are (Harper)

1963 Ezra Jack Keats The Snowy Day (Viking)

1962 Illustrated and retold by Marcia Brown Once a Mouse (Scribner)

1961 Illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov, text by Ruth Robbins Baboushka and the Three Kings (Parnassus)

1960 Illustrations and text by Marie Hall Ets, text by Aurora Labastida Nine Days to Christmas (Viking)

1959 Illustrated and adapted from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales by Barbara Cooney Chanticleer and the Fox (Crowell)

1958 Robert McCloskey Time of Wonder (Viking)

1957 Illustrated by Marc Simont, text by Janice Udry A Tree Is Nice (Harper)

1956 Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky, retold by John Langstaff Frog Went A-Coutin' (Harcourt)

1955 Illustrated and translated (from Charles Perrault) by Marcia Brown Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (Scribner)

1954 Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline's Rescue (Viking)

1953 Lynd Ward The Biggest Bear Houghton

1952 Illustrated by Nicolas Mordvinoff, text by Will Lipkind Finders Keepers (Harcourt)

1951 Katherine Milhous The Egg Tree (Scribner)

1950 Leo Politi Song of the Swallows (Scribner)

1949 Berta and Elmer Hader The Big Snow (Macmillan)

1948 Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, text by Alvin Tresselt White Snow, Bright Snow (Lothrop)

1947 Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, text by Golden MacDonaldThe Little Island (Doubleday)

1946 Maud and Miska Petersham The Rooster Crows (Macmillan)

1945 Illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones, text by Rachel Field Prayer for a Child (Macmillan)

1944 Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, text by James Thurber Many Moons (Harcourt)

1943 Virginia Lee Burton The Little House (Houghton)

1942 Robert McCloskey Make Way for Ducklings (Viking)

1941 Robert Lawson They Were Strong and Good (Viking)

1940 Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Abraham Lincoln (Doubleday)

1939 Thomas Handforth Mei Li (Doubleday)

1938 Dorothy P. Lathrop, text selected by Helen Dean Fish Animals of the Bible (Lippincott)