Award Winners

The Caldecott Medal is awarded each year to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children published in the United States during the previous year.

1938--Animals of the Bible--Dorothy Lathrop

1939--Mei Li--by Thomas Handforth

1940--Abraham Lincoln--Ingri and Edgar Parin D' Aulaire

1941--They were strong and good--Robert Lawson

1942--Make way for ducklings--Robert McCloskey

1943--The little house-Virginia Lee Burton

1944--Many moons--Lois Slobodkin

1945--Prayer for a child--Elizabeth Orton Jones

1946--The rooster crowed--Maud and Miska Petersham

1947--The little island--Leonard Weisgard

1948--White snow, bright snow--by Roger Duvoisin

1949 --The big show--by Berta and Elmer Hader

1950-- Songs of the swallows-- by Leo Politi

1951-- The egg tree-- by Katherine Milhous

1952-- Finders keepers-- by Nicholas Mordvinoff

1953-- The biggest bear-- by Lynd Ward

1954-- Madeline's rescue-- by Ludwig Bemelmans

1955-- Cinderella, or the little glass slipper--by Marcia Brown

1956--Frog Went A-Courtin--by Rojanskovsky

1957--A Tree is Nice--by Udry

1958--Time of Wonder--by McCloskey

1959--Chanticleer and the Fox--by Cooney

1960--Nine Days to Christmas--by Ets

1961--Baboushka and the Three Kings

1962--Once a Mouse--by Brown

1963--Snowy Day--by Keats

1964--Where the Wild Things Are--by Sendak

1965--May I Bring a Friend--by Montresor

1966--Always Room for One More--by Hogrogian

1967--Sam, Bangs & Moonshine by Ness

1968--Drummer Hoff by Emberley

1969--Fool of the World and the Flying Shrimp by Shulevitz

1970--Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Steig

1971--A Story- A Story by Haley

1972--One Fine Day--by Hogrogian

1973--Funny Little Woman--by Lent

1974--Duffy and the Devil--by Zemach

1975--Arrow to the Sun--by McDermott

1976--Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears--by Dillon

1977--Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions--by Dillon

1978--Noah's Ark--by Spier

1979--The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses--by Goble

1980--The Ox-Car Man--by Cooney

1981--Fables--by Lobel

1982--Jumanji--by Van Allsburg

1983--Shadow--by Brown

1984--The Glorious Flight--by Provenson

1985--Saint George and the Dragon--by Hyman

1986--The Polar Express--by Van Allsburg

1987--Hey, Al--by Egielski

1988--Owl Moon--by Schoenherr

1989--Song and Dance Man--by Gammell

1990--Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China--by Young

1991--Black and White--by MaCaulay

1992--Tuesday--by Wiesner

1993--Mirette on the High Wire--by McCully

1994--Grandfather's Journey--by Say

1995--Smokey Night--by Diaz

1996--Officer Buckle and Gloria--by Rathman

1997--Golem--by Wisneiwski

1998-- Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky

1999-- Snowflake Bentley by Mary Azarian

2000-- Joseph had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback

1922-- The story of mankin-- by Henrik Van Loon

1923-- The voyages of Dr. Dolittle-- by Hugh Lofting

1924-- The dark frigate-- by Charles B. Hawes

1925-- Tales from Silver Lands-- by Charles Finger

1926-- Shen of the sea-- Arthur Bowie Chrisman

1927-- Smoky, the cowhorse-- by Will James

1928-- Gay-Neck, the story of a pigeon-- by Dhan Gopal Mukerji

1929-- The trumpheter of Krakow-- by Eric P. Kelly

1930-- Hitty, her first hundred years-- by Rachel Field

1931--The cat who went to heaven-- by Elizabeth Coatsworth

1932--Waterless Mountain-- by Laura Armer

1933-- Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze--by Elizabeth Lewis

1934-- Invincible Louisa-- by Cornelia Meigs

1935-- Dobry--by Monica Shannon

1936-- Caddie Woodlawn-- by Carol Brink

1937-- Roller skates-- Ruth Sawyer

1938-- The white stag-- by Kate Seredy

1939-- Thimble summer-- by Elizabeth Enright

1940-- Daniel Boone-- James Daughterty

1941-- Call it courage-- Armstrong Speery

1942-- The matchlock gun-- Walter D. Edmonds

1943-- Adam of the road-- Elizabeth Gray

1944-- Johnnie Tremain --Esther Forbes

1945-- Rabbit hill -- Robert Lawson

1946-- Strawberry girl-- by Lois Lenski

1947-- Miss Hickory -- Carolyn S. Bailey

1948-- The Twenty-one balloons-- William Pene Du Bois

1949-- King of the wind-- by Marguerite Henry

1950-- The door in the wall-- by Marguerite de Angeli

1951-- Amos Fortune, free man-- Elizabeth Yates

1952-- Ginger Pye-- by Eleanor Estes

1953-- Secret of the Andes-- Ann Noland Clark

1954-- ...And now Miguel-- by Joseph Krumgold

1955-- The wheel on the school-- Meindert De Jong

1956--Carry On, Mr. Bowditch--by Latham

1957--Miracles on Maple Hill--by Sorenson

1958--Rifles for Watie--by Keith

1959--Witch of Blackbird Pond--by Speare

1960--Onion John--by Krumgold

1961--Island of the Blue Dolphins--by O'Dell

1962--Bronze Bow--by Speare

1963--Wrinkle in Time--by L'Engle

1964--It's Like This, Cat--by Neville

1965--Shadow of a Bull--by Wojciechowska

1966--I, Juan De Pareja--by Trevino

1967--Up A Road Slowly--by Hunt

1968--From the Mixed Up Files--by Konigsburg

1969--High King--by Alexander

1970--Sounder--by Armstrong

1971--The Summer of the Swans--by Byars

1972--Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh--by O' Brien

1973--Julie of the Wolves--by George

1974--Slave Dancer--by Fox

1975--M.C. Higgins the Great--by Hamilton

1976--The Grey King--by Cooper

1977--Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry--by Taylor

1978--Bridge to Terabithia--by Paterson

1979--The Westing Game--by Raskin

1980--A Gathering of Days--by Blos

1981--Jacob Have I Loved--by Paterson

1982--A Visit to William Blake's Inn--by Willard

1983--Dicey's Song--by Voight

1984--Dear M. Henshaw--by Cleary

1985--The Hero and the Crown--by McKinley

1986--Sarah, Plain and Tall--by MacLachlan

1987--The Whipping Boy--by Fleischman

1988--Lincoln: A Photobiography--by Freedman

1989--Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

1990--Number the Stars--by Lowry

1991--Maniac Magee--by Spinelli

1992--Shiloh--by Naylor

1993--Missing May--by Rylant

1994--The Giver--by Lowery

1995--Walk Two Moons--by Creech

1996--A Midwife's Apprentice--by Cushman

1997--The View from Saturday--by Konigsburg

1998-- Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

1999-- Holes by Louis Sachar

2000-- Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis